National Drug Headquarters

Annual report 2015

 Content
05 Introduction
07 Trade in METHAMPHETAMINE
19 Trade in MARIJUANA
31 Trade in COCAINE
37 Trade in HEROIN
41 Trade in DESIGNER DRUGS
45 Trade in ANABOLIC STEROIDS
49 PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL PREPARATIONS
51 PRECURSORS AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
55 INTERNET AND DRUGS
59 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
63 METHODOLOGY AND PREVENTION
67 SEZURES OF PROPERTY OF CRIMINAL ORIGIN
71 Statistical Data on Drug Crime
(Czech Republic 2015)

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 Dear readers,

already traditionally, we offer our insight into the situation at illegal drug markets in the form of the Annual Report
of the National Drug Headquarters which maps the state of illegal drug markets in the Czech Republic and names
the most crucial trends of development through the optics of criminal legal data.

In 2015 like in previous years, the bulk illegal production of methamphetamine and its exportation remains the
most burning issue in the Czech Republic. Criminal groups and their internal divisions of labor in the chain from
obtaining chemicals through production to the phase of distribution or organization of exportation are being
transformed according to the availability of precursors. Vietnamese criminal organizations have been involved
into this type of production to the undiminished extent. These groups have locally conditioned important influ-
ence also on meeting inland demand. The trend of exportation of large quantities of marihuana to neighboring
countries can be highlighted as a growing one. Czech nationals are more and more involved in this activity. Due
to the crisis in Ukraine and due to the historical overproduction of heroin in Afghanistan, the pressure on sending
bulk shipments of heroin along the northern branch of the so called Balkan Route is growing. This can predict
some kind of renaissance of the interest about this traditional drug in Europe. Also progressive increase of the use
of pre-precursors and new synthetic drugs which compete in some countries with traditional drugs to a conside-
rable extent should not be underestimated as well. The influence of migration crisis on traditional drug trafficking
routes is a question which will be answered only by time.

The illegal drugs world is developing and not only the dynamics of production and distribution illegal drug mar-
kets but also the ability of law enforcement authorities to respond these changes are being developed with it as
well. The international organized drug crime is cooperative and innovative. This is why it is very important that
the people who are aware about it should face it and that they would strengthen their ability to reveal and to prove
drug crime consistently. This kind of work is unimaginable without a closed and dynamic police and justice co-
operation in the current world.

The anniversary of 25 years of existence of the National Drug Headquarters which we remember in 2016 poses
an occasion not only for the review of existing development and successes but also for setting up new horizons of
development and professional growth of the unit which stands in the first line of the fight against drugs. The reason
is not the fight itself but the protection of society and shared values against wide specter of risks brought by drugs
to the life of the society and to the life of everybody of us.

Col. Mgr Jakub Frydrych

Director

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Trafficking in METHAMPHETAMINE

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 Trafficking in METHAMPHETAMINE
VTrafficking in drugs has remained dominated by a
serious and important trend of a growing demand
for methamphetamine. The year 2015 marked a con-
and Czech - Slovak border. For several years, the high
volume production of methamphetamine has been Drug lab - methamphetamine
dominated by organized crime groups of Vietname-
450
se origin, which target primarily foreign users. Illegal
activities of these groups are highly conspiratorial and 400

tinuing trend of increasing production; it has become
even more organized and commercial. The demand for
methamphetamine, particularly among foreigners, has
been growing steadily thus significantly stimulating
activities of organized criminal groups in the Czech
Republic. The already high numbers of users from Ger-
many keep growing and the same is true for the nei-
organized. Capacity of brewing houses also keeps in- 350
creasing; in one lot, perpetrators now produce tens of
300
kilograms of methamphetamine.
250
The total number of detected brewing houses decreased 200
last year, the volume of detected methamphetamine,
however, reached its historical maximum. 150

ghbouring Austria and regions at the Czech – Polish 100

50
Volume of methamphetamine detected and number of detected brewing houses
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

methamphetamine (g) 5 310 5 249 5 978 3 799 3 596 21 301 18 476 31 900 69 137 50 238 107 363

drug lab 261 416 388 434 342 307 338 235 261 272 263 Statistically, most facilities on the territory of the Czech quently leave the contaminated property. To eliminate
Republic are small laboratories producing and distribu- the risk of detection, perpetrators have moved some of
Methamphetamine (g) ting in the local community. As to the volume, however, their production abroad. We detected cases of parts of
most production of methamphetamine is due to large methamphetamine production moved over to Poland.
120 000
producers running industrial size facilities, output of
which is intended primarily for foreign markets. Me- Conversion of pseudoephedrine into methamphetami-
100 000
thamphetamine exported and sold in Germany is four ne using iodine and red phosphorus, the “Czech way”,
times more expensive and that exported to the Scan- has remained the prevailing manufacturing method.
80 000
dinavian countries is even eight times more expensive. The persistent trend in the production of methamp-
Organized groups operate well developed production hetamine has been pseudoephedrine extraction from
60 000
and distribution networks, capable of flexibly reacting prescription drugs, which are mostly imported from
to the high demand for methamphetamine. abroad. The Polish authorities adopted a new regula-
tion guiding sales of pharmaceuticals containing pseu-
40 000
Last year, we detected a trend of sophisticated shuffling doephedrine, in effect since 1st July 2015, which has
of brewing houses from one rented property to another. not had much impact on their imports to the Czech Re-
20 000
Perpetrators tend to regularly change locations of la- public yet. We keep detecting and seizing tablets, pri-
boratories and use rented residential property or ware- marily of CIRRUS. In 2015, we seized altogether about
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 houses, in which they brew several cycles and subse- 644 000 of tablets of all sorts. Increasingly more often,

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 pharmaceuticals get imported from Bulgaria. They are
smuggled from Turkey and further trafficked to Poland
and the Czech Republic. Distribution of drugs contai-
ning methamphetamine in the Czech pharmacies has
recently been stable, although now and then detect ca-
ses of suspicious distribution, which we subsequently
investigate in cooperation with the State Institute for
Drug Control.
Drug producers have remained focused on the legal
market, official manufacturers and retailers, as the
source of precursors and other chemicals needed for
their drug production. Thanks to the strict internatio-
nal control, an increasing effort of the law enforcement
bodies, the Police and customs as well as other com-
petent authorities, which issue permits and licenses
to official traders in these substances and, last but not
least, responsible chemical and pharmaceutical compa-
nies, it´s been more and more difficult for offenders to
perpetrate this illegal activity. That´s why we see them
looking not only for new ways to obtain chemicals tra-
ditionally exploited, but often for new substances that
are not under legislative control. This concerns both
substances from which precursors are produced – so
called pre-precursors, but also new methods of synthe-
sis and drug production.
In 2015, we also detected attempts to produce met-
hamphetamine from other substances such as benzyl
chloride or BMK (phenylpropan-2- on) with the help
of so called Leuckart method. Such cases have been,
however, quite rare here in the Czech Republic, since
very few people are aware of the technology, which is
quite time consuming and demanding, when compared
to the “traditional” Czech method.
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Methamphetamine is produced and distributed all over
the Czech Republic. More facilities and distributors,
however, tend to operate close to the German and Aus-
trian border thus responding to the lasting massive de-
mand from abroad.
The increasing production capacity of brew houses and
the dangerous waste produced by these laboratories
threatens the environment. The increasing amount of
waste has contaminated underground water and subse-
quent costs of its removal and clean-up have been con-
siderably high. Contamination of apartments and other
facilities used for home brewing has long been an unde-
restimated and hard to resolve issue. The longer the use
of the facility, the more methods used and the higher
the volume of production, the worse the impact. Pro-
duction of drugs generates various types of hazardous
gases and aerosols which are emitted to the residential
premises and individual apartments through hallways
or central ventilation, which connects all apartments.
A brewing facility thus poses threat to the entire
apartment house in which it is located. Subsequent
decontamination and rehabilitation of premises used
for methamphetamine production is very costly and
difficult to perform. For this reason, it is almost never
done. Workers who, unaware of the history of its use,
refurbish such apartment without taking any precauti-
ons thus run very high risk of harm. In the apartment,
contamination concerns all household equipment, fur-
niture, textiles, small items and decorations, plastering,
waste plumbing, ventilation, wastewater tanks, etc. The
new tenants, who, buy or rent such apartment in good
faith, expose themselves long-to these highly toxic and
hazardous substances which have a negative impact on
their health.
Operation CUDAM
In their Operation CUDAM, launched in autumn
2014, officers of the National Drug Headquarters of the
Service of Criminal Police and Investigation detected a
large organized group of Vietnamese citizens living in
the Czech Republic, who were engaged in large-scale
illegal methamphetamine production and subsequent
sale of psychotropic substances both in the Czech Re-
public and the Federal Republic of Germany. In total,
this organized group faces charges for production of at
least 70 kg of methamphetamine, value of which is esti-
mated at approximately CZK 70 million.
Members of this organized group living mainly in the
Liberec Region, bough CIRRUS in Poland. CIRRUS is a
medication which contains 120 mg of pseudoephedri-
ne per tablet and is often abused as a precursor for
production of methamphetamine. Organizers of the
criminal activity commissioned illegal production of
methamphetamine from CIRRUS to perpetrators of
the Vietnamese origin. Methamphetamine produced
by the Vietnamese was subsequently sold to other mer-
chants, mostly from the Vietnamese community, and
was probably intended for distribution in the Czech
Republic, the Slovak Republic and the Federal Republic
of Germany.
In the course of the criminal proceedings, the investi-
gators managed to document several deals with met-
hamphetamine, during which they seized 7.3 kg of the
substance and apprehended four couriers.
During the final Police intervention, which took pla-
ce in April 2015, the investigators carried out 11 house
searches and 10 searches of other premises and land.
They seized two laboratories used for illicit production
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of methamphetamine, chemicals used to produce me-
thamphetamine and a cannabis growing facility, which
contained about 100 grown cannabis plants. Further-
more, they seized 170 grams of methamphetamine,
5,170 grams of marijuana, cash in the amount of CZK
1,750,000, two Skoda Octavia cars, one Audi A6 and a
VW Transporter van, as well as two real estate proper-
ties, a guest house and a hotel, which were used for the
manufacturing of methamphetamine and cannabis cul-
tivation.
During the Police intervention, the officers apprehen-
ded 14 people, 12 of whom were Vietnamese citizens
and two were Czech citizens. There are altogether 18
people currently under prosecution (16 of them whi-
le in custody) for an extremely serious crime of illegal
production and other handling of narcotic and psy-
chotropic substances and poisons under Section 283,
Subsection 1, Subsection 2c) and Subsection 3c) of the
Criminal Code. For their extremely serious crimes they
face 8 up to 12 years in prison. In their Operation CU-
DAM, the Police managed to detain an entire organized
group of perpetrators.
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 Operation LOSOS
In their Operation LOSOS (SALMON), officers of the
National Drug Headquarters of the Service of Criminal
Police and Investigation managed to detect an organi-
zed group of ten offenders, who were the main source
of pharmaceuticals containing pseudoephedrine for
the illicit production of methamphetamine in Plzen
(Pilsen) and Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) regions. At the
same time, the group was engaged in large-scale illicit
production of methamphetamine and its subsequent
sale to customers of Pilsen Region, especially in the dis-
tricts of Mariánské lázně (Marienbad), Cheb and Soko-
lov. Besides the “classic” methamphetamine, the group
also distributed its specific type known as “yellow met-
hamphetamine”, which is a standard methamphetami-
ne modified with a special dedicated technological pro-
cess using acids. The “yellow methamphetamine” has
been in high demand due to its significant psychotropic
effect.
After more than half a year-long investigation, the Nati-
onal Drug Headquarters´ investigators, in cooperation
with the Intervention Unit of the Regional Headquar-
ters of the Plzeň Region, the Municipal Directorate of
the Police of the Czech Republic in Plzeň, and the local
Police departments of Plzeň – suburbs and the muni-
cipality of Cheb, apprehended all ten members of the
organized group. The main organizer of the crime and
one of the members of the group were detained right
during the production process of methamphetamine.
In the course of the subsequent investigation, the Police
seized a complete methamphetamine production labo-
ratory, 1,800 g of methamphetamine, 800 g of extracted
ephedrine, 4 kg of CIRRUS tablets, 750 kg of chemicals
used to produce methamphetamine, several grams of
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Ecstasy and hashish, a passenger vehicle, and cash ex-
ceeding CZK 5,000,000.
The group´s modus operandi was as follows: the main
organizer planned frequent, but irregular, trips to Po-
land, where one pharmacy owner sold him hundreds
of thousands of CIRRUS tablets packs containing 120
mg of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. The perpetra-
tor imported the tablets to the Czech Republic and
subsequently sold them, with the help of other group
members, to illicit producers of methamphetamine. He
used some of his merchandise for his own production
of methamphetamine in a laboratory located in a fami-
ly house in the centre of a residential area.
Deliveries by this criminal group of precursors in the
form of pharmaceuticals (tablets) containing pseudo-
ephedrine intended for illicit production of metham-
phetamine represented a significant source for large-
-scale producers of methamphetamine, the number
of which keeps growing, mainly in the North-Western
Bohemia, due to the increasing demand from foreign
users. Involvement of organized criminal groups in this
activity is massive. In the course of the criminal investi-
gation, we managed to document several trips to collect
tablets in Poland and imports of nearly 100 kilograms
of CIRRUS tablets. This number of tablets can produce
approximately 18 kg of methamphetamine.
Under the Operation LOSOS (SALMON), the Poli-
ce charged altogether ten suspects, all nationals of the
Czech Republic. One person was charged with an extre-
mely serious crime of illegal production and handling
of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons
under Section 283, Subsection 1, Subsection 2a) and b),
and Subsection c). The perpetrator faces imprisonment
of 8 to 12 years. One person was charged with an extre-
mely serious crime of illegal production and handling
of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons
under Section 283, Subsection 1 and Subsection 2a)
b), and c) of the Criminal Code. This perpetrator faces
imprisonment of two years to 10 years. Eight people
were charged with an extremely serious crime of illegal
production and handling of narcotic and psychotropic
substances and poisons under Section 283, Subsection
1, Subsection 2a), and Subsection 3 c), for which they
face imprisonment of 8 to 12 years.
Operation SAKE
A Japanese court convicted, in late June 2015, the last
group of perpetrators investigated and charged in co-
nnection with an operation codenamed „SAKE“. Mem-
bers of the National Drug Headquarters detected and
investigated an international organized criminal group
which hired Czech and Slovak citizens as couriers for
transporting methamphetamine from Turkey and Ar-
menia to Japan. Couriers apprehended in Japan were
charged under the Japanese national law and convicted
of illicit trafficking in stimulants for profit. They were
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sentenced to 7 to 10 years of imprisonment and fines of
up to 6,000,000 Japanese yen.
Crimes of the organized group were investigated by se-
curity forces of the Slovak Republic, Armenia, and the
Great Britain and representatives of international Poli-
ce organizations -- Europol and Interpol. Methamphe-
tamine came from Iran, where one can buy a gram for
the equivalent of about CZK 200, while in Japan, met-
hamphetamine sells for around CZK 19,000 per gram.
In most cases, couriers were partners or siblings, some-
times perpetrators paired two randomly selected peo-
ple to make their detection as couriers more difficult.
The couriers flew from Prague or Vienna to Turkey
or Armenia, where they received a specially modified
suitcase with a 1 kg of methamphetamine hidden in-
side and a flight ticket via Dubai or Abu Dhabi to the
Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, they went to
a previously agreed upon hotel to deliver the suitcase
containing methamphetamine. As a reward for trans-
portation of methamphetamine, the couriers received
cash in the amount of about CZK 100,000 per couple
and the organizers also paid for all travel expenses and
accommodation. The group was international and in-
volved perpetrators from Iran, Turkey, Slovakia and the
Czech Republic.
Detectives worked on the case for three months and
during this time they managed to disclose a group of
organizers living in the UK. They also documented five
illicit deliveries of methamphetamine to Japan. Thanks
to the broad international cooperation, Japanese forces
involved in the Operation SAKE apprehended two pe-
ople, a man and a woman, who attempted to smuggle
to Japan 2 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in
two suitcases. Subsequently, cooperation of the Natio-
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 nal Criminal Agency of the Slovak Republic, the British
National Crime Agency and the Turkish Police resulted
in arrests of two Slovaks at airports in the Great Britain,
who attempted to traffic from Turkey and Armenia to
the UK a delivery of about 5 kg of methamphetami-
ne, which was most probably intended for the Japanese
drug market. The above described international coope-
ration also helped apprehend a Slovak citizen perma-
nently residing in the Czech Republic. He was caught
in a hotel in Antalya, Turkey, when receiving a bag
containing 2 kg of methamphetamine from a Turkish
national. The delivery was heading to the Great Britain
and Japan. The detained Slovak citizen was the prime
suspect in the operation “SAKE” in the Czech Republic,
where he organized recruitment of couriers for the abo-
ve deliveries. In Turkey, he was sentenced to 10 years in
prison.
We had noticed the trend of hiring Czech couriers to
transport methamphetamine from various destinations
to Japan already in 2011. Most couriers come from so-
cially and economically deprived locations or have su-
ffered significant economic problems. Recruitment of
couriers is mostly in the hands of Czech or Slovak citi-
zens, but they are always subordinated to foreign eth-
nic criminal groups. The methamphetamine trafficked
usually comes from non-European countries, Europe-
an countries serve mainly as sources of couriers and
transit routes. Prices of methamphetamine in Japan are
considerably higher than in Europe and we expect that
recruitment of Czech couriers will continue in the fu-
ture, too.
Under the umbrella of operation „SAKE“, the Czech
authorities arrested, on the territory of the Czech Re-
public, three suspects, who were charged with a serious
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crime of illicit production and other handling of nar- Operation VIATOR The perpetrators, Czech nationals aged 35 to 58 years,
cotic and psychotropic substances and poisons under were apprehended in the Ústí nad Labem region right
In their Operation “VIATOR”, officers of the National
Section 283, Subsection 1, Subsection 3c), and Subsec- after they had completed a brew of one kilogram of me-
Drug Headquarters of the Service of Criminal Police
tion 4 c) of the Criminal Code as attempted pursuant thamphetamine. The brewer was the key organizer of
and Investigation managed to break an entire six-mem-
to Section 21, Subsection 1 of the Criminal Code, for the crime himself. During subsequent house searches
ber group of organized perpetrators who produced and
which they face, if convicted, up to 18 years in prison. the Police seized a complete methamphetamine labo-
distributed hundreds of kilograms of high-quality me-
Currently, all three suspects are in custody and the in- ratory the size of which was used, in average, to yield
thamphetamine. The drug produced by this group of
vestigation is under go. One of the main suspects, a Slo- several kilograms of methamphetamine in one produc-
offenders was distributed in the Czech Republic and
vak man residing on the territory of the Great Britain, tion cycle. Furthermore, the Police seized large amount
also exported to Poland.
was arrested, under a European arrest warrant, by the of chemicals used in brewing, glassware and other tech-
Police in the UK and his extradition for criminal prose- nical components as well as three illegally possessed
The Czech Police detected and investigated this case
cution in Czech Republic is pending. pistols, one long firearm and ammunition.
in cooperation with the Polish Police authorities, the
Intervention Unit of the Regional Headquarters of the
The National Drug Headquarters initiated criminal
Hradec Králové Region and Intervention Unit of the
proceedings against the perpetrators for an extreme-
Regional Headquarters of the Ústí nad Labem Region.
ly serious crime of illegal production and possession
The organized criminal group of perpetrators imported
of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons.
CIRRUS, a pharmaceutical containing pseudoephedri-
Activities of selected members of the group qualify as
ne, from Poland, perpetrated large-scale production
the most serious crimes pursuant to Section 283, Sub-
of methamphetamine in the Czech Republic, and or-
section 1, Subsection 2b), Subsection 3c), and Subsec-
ganized its subsequent distribution. The group bought
tion 4c) of the Criminal Code. Should they be found
the pharmaceutical containing pseudoephedrine from
guilty, they face eight to eighteen years in prison. The
a group of Polish citizens, partly in exchange for cash
District Court judge in Hradec Kralove sent all six
and partly for deliveries of methamphetamine. The im-
offenders to custody. One of the perpetrators was decla-
ported pharmaceutical was processed on our territory
red as wanted. Investigation of the case continues on
and the extracted pseudoephedrine was used in labo-
the territory of Poland.
ratories in the Ústí nad Labem Region, which the per-
petrators regularly moved from place to place to hide
their activity. The final product was a high-quality crys-
tallised methamphetamine. Perpetrators used several
properties to run their laboratories there and brew
about once a week. The produced methamphetamine
was subsequently delivered to dealers from all over the
Czech Republic who further distributed the drug to the
end users. The perpetrators always took some quantity
of the drug to Poland primarily to barter it in exchange
for the source pharmaceutical.
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 Operation BAT
VIn their Operation „BAT“, officers of the National
Drug Headquarters of the Service of Criminal Police
and Investigation, in cooperation with members of
the Polish Border Guards, identified and detained, in
both countries, an organized group of nineteen crimi-
nals engaged in illegal large-scale manufacturing and
trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine. The
investigation revealed that the drugs were brewed for
customers in the Czech Republic, Germany, Australia
and also dealers of Albanian origin. The case is speci-
fic primarily for the particular modus operandi of or-
ganizing production, its considerable volume and the
frequent moving of brewing facilities to new buildings
in the Czech Republic and Poland, an elaborate coope-
ration of perpetrators of this large-scale illegal business,
their perfect division of labour, and the wide circle of
customers.
Given the quantity of produced and subsequently
seized methamphetamine and the scope of the organi-
zed group´s activities, it was the largest counter-drug
Police intervention in 2015. Moreover, the group´s mo-
dus operandi reflects the latest trends in illicit traffic-
king in methamphetamine in our country.
After six months long investigation under the umbrella
of operation “BAT”, the officers of the National Drug
Headquarters, in cooperation with the Regional Direc-
torates of the Police of the Czech Republic in the Mu-
nicipality of Prague, Karlovy Vary Region, the Central
Bohemia Region, and Ústí nad Labem Region as well as
units of the General Directorate of Customs, the Czech
Republic, apprehended and charged, at the end of 2015,
a total of 13 offenders, 11 of whom were of Vietname-
se origin and two were Czech nationals. Detection and
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investigation of the criminal conduct of this organized
group was carried out in close cooperation with the Po-
lish law enforcement bodies.
The perpetrators not only engaged in massive large-
-scale production of methamphetamine in the Czech
Republic and Poland, but also perpetrated distribution
of the source pharmaceutical and methamphetamine
to other producers and customers. In fact, they acted
as wholesale brokers. The key organizer of the group´s
criminal activity himself was in charge of procurement
of methamphetamine from various producers and its
distribution to big dealers as well as for providing pre-
cursors for its production.
The key organizer of the group´s criminal activity used
to buy methamphetamine from producers at a price of
CZK 210,000 per one kilo and supplied his merchandi-
se to open air markets at the border between the Czech
Republic and Germany. He also sold methamphetami-
ne to the Vietnamese dealers who distributed the drug
further to end users in the Czech Republic. Large quan-
tities were trafficked and investigation of this particular
crime is still going.
Production of high quality methamphetamine in the
form of crystals was located in the regions of Western
Bohemia, Ústí nad Labem, Central Bohemia, and the
Municipality of Prague. Perpetrators cleverly alterna-
ted facilities where they placed their production and
used rented houses or warehouses. After several bre-
wing cycles, they abandoned the location and moved
elsewhere. Rental agreements were made on names of
individuals residing outside our territory or on forged
or modified identification documents.
As a precursor for their production of methamphe- In this operation, the investigators seized about 50 kg
tamine, the group used Cirrus, which they bought in of methamphetamine, 90 kg of pharmaceuticals con-
Poland. The pharmaceutical was made in Turkey. The taining pseudoephedrine, 3 large brewing houses, large
group was able to produce, in one production cycle las- quantity of chemicals used to produce methampheta-
ting about 5 days, from 30 to 50 kg of methampheta- mine. There were 19 people arrested in two countries.
mine. In the Czech Republic, 13 suspects were charged with
an extremely serious crime of illicit production and
To avoid detection and eliminate the risk of exposure, other handling of narcotic and psychotropic substan-
the manufacturers moved a part of their methamphe- ces and poisons pursuant to Section 283, Subsection 1,
tamine production in Poland. The methamphetami- Subsection 3c), Subsection 4c) or Section 283, Subsec-
ne produced in Poland was transported to the Czech tion 1 and Subsection 3p) of the Criminal Code, the
Republic usually in various cavities made in cars. In Czech Republic. If found guilty, they face up to 18 years
Poland, the Police detained a courier transporting 27 in prison. All the accused are prosecuted while in cus-
kg of methamphetamine to the Czech Republic. Near tody.
Warsaw, members of the Polish Border Guards also
discovered a large-scale methamphetamine laboratory
and a warehouse holding about 30 kilograms of Cirrus
tablets. On the territory of the Poland, the Police appre-
hended and charged 6 persons, 5 of whom were of Vi-
etnamese origin and one was a Polish citizen acting as
a courier.
In the course of the investigation the Czech Republic,
the National Drug Headquarters members apprehen-
ded three couriers holding 23 kg of methamphetami-
ne. The final intervention took place simultaneously in
Dubí, Žatec, Teplice, Praha, Cheb, Hrádek nad Nisou,
Podbořany, Jirny and Jíloviště and the investigators per-
formed 20 house searches and 15 searches of other pre-
mises and land. They seized two high-volume brewing
laboratories for production of methamphetamine, 10
luxury cars worth in total about CZK 4 million, 2 large
villas worth in total about CZK ten million and CZK 15
million in cash.
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 Operation KOMÁR

In their Operation „KOMÁR“, officers of the Natio-

nal Drug Headquarters of the Service of Criminal Po-
lice and Investigation arrested an organized group of
perpetrators trafficking methamphetamine from the
Czech Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Perpetrators are currently under criminal prosecution
for having trafficked a total of 1,220 grams of metham-
phetamine and 850 Ecstasy tablets in altogether 35 do-
cumented courier trips to Germany.

One Czech citizen was apprehended on the territory of

the Czech Republic and charged with the crime of illi-
cit production and other handling of narcotic and psy-
chotropic substances and poisons under Section 283
Subsection 1, Subsection 2c), and Subsection 4c) of the
Criminal Code. Two perpetrators were apprehended in
Germany and subsequent house searches revealed 260
grams of methamphetamine and 500 grams of mariju- Trafficking in MARIJUANA
ana. All suspects are currently in custody and the in-
vestigation is under go.

In the course of the operation, the Police also seized

cash in the amount of EUR 665, electronics worth CZK
16,000, a methamphetamine production laboratory
and a VW Passat worth CZK 400,000.

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Trafficking in MARIJUANA
In 2015, we marked a slight decrease in trafficking in
marijuana. Consumption of marijuana in the Czech
Republic has remained, by large, covered by the do-
mestic production. Nevertheless, the number of de-
tected plantations and the number of seized plants
Detected growhouses according to production
and dry cannabis, which both kept growing ever since Detected growhouses according to production potential
potential
2007, has been decreasing. The decrease of cultivati-
on on non-technical cannabis by “indoor“ industrial
methods began after the Police had intervened against 5% 3% 2%
owners and operators of “growshops”, which served as 8%
an important source of technology for the cultivators.
49%

33%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

cannabis (g) 103 337 108 352 122 124 392 527 171 800 277 988 440 780 563 335 735 362 569 564 655 055

cannabis - plants 1 780 2 276 6 992 25 223 33 427 64 904 62 817 90 091 73 639 77 685 30 770

growhouse 11 17 34 79 84 145 165 199 276 301 220

hashish (g) 4 625 46 387 697 12 499 9 354 2 431 20 532 1 321 14 852 7 558
Home small(1-49) Small (50-249) Medium (250-499)
Large (500-999) Industrial (1000+) Undetected

The average THC content is 12 per cent, but we have
detected cannabis ranging in content between 7 to 23
per cent. Part of the „indoor“ cannabis production is
There is a continuing trend of investors moving away There is a steady trend for the Vietnamese criminal
from “industrial cannabis plantations” to give way to groups perpetrating drug crime to move away from 2015 Unspecified
Others
numerous smaller plantations with the growing capaci- the illegal cultivation of cannabis to engage in illegal 3%
2%

well organized and to a large extent perpetrated prima-
rily by criminal gangs of Vietnamese origin. In 2015,
we detected 13 larger cultivation plantations operated
by the Vietnamese. Most of the marijuana in our coun-
try is grown for the domestic market. However, per-
petrators also engage in trafficking marihuana abroad
in high-volume, especially to the neighbouring coun-
tries, but also to Ukraine, Hungary, the Great Britain
and the Nordic countries.
ty of about 300 to 500 plants, thereby reducing the risk production of methamphetamine, which raises them
of detection. One investor would invest in several small bigger and faster profits and poses less risk of detection. Vietnamese
7%
plantations along with some other partners in crime.
Should one of the smaller plantations be discovered by
the authorities, investors loose only a fragment of their
investment and their hence profits will not suffer much.
Czechs
88%

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 As to the „indoor“ cannabis cultivation, perpetrators
have continued importing technology needed for „in-
door“ cannabis cultivation, which is illegal. Technolo-
gy is imported mainly from the Netherlands and Great
Britain and, in some cases, owners of companies tra-
ding in these technologies also get involved in the ille-
gal cultivation of cannabis and the subsequent produc-
tion and distribution of marijuana.
Since 2013, the Police of the Czech Republic have
initiated, in relation to the operation of so called
„growshops“ in the Czech Republic, a total of 58 cri-
minal proceedings. In 49 cases, suspects have already
heard final and conclusive judgements pronounced by
courts in the first or second instance, 3 cases were heard
by the Supreme Court. Of the 83 suspects, 69 have al-
ready received a final and conclusive judgement. Of the
total cases resolved and heard by courts so far, 91% of
defendants were found guilty.
The most commonly used defence
and subsequent court reactions
I did not intend to promote drug abuse.
• It was an indirect intent.
• The defendants wished to sell their products. Their
primary intent was not to intently propagate drug
abuse, but they were aware of the fact that drug abuse
may be involved. (NS 8 Tdo 1217/2014)
Intent was neither there nor documented.
• The defendants distanced themselves from the po-
tential abuse.
• The courts concluded that by distributing a written
disclaimer to their customers declaring that cannabis
cultivation constitutes a crime, the defendants were
22 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015
aware of the fact that the seeds sold by them could be
used for this purpose and consented to it. They in-
directly indicated that seeds could be used for this
purpose. (NS 8 Tdo 1217/2014)
Their acts do not constitute a violation since they
were not selling seeds containing THC, but solely se-
eds of cannabis sativa.
The courts did not try to determine what type of ca-
nnabis seeds were involved and whether such seeds
could be used to grow a plant with THC content –
reference to a conclusion made by the Constitutional
Court (ÚS 934/13).
• THC is not contained in seeds, but in blossoms and
leaves of cannabis. The defendants were describing
individual varieties as to their effect. (see a comple-
ted crime of propagation of drug abuse in other com-
plaints)
• Public prosecutor – in case of propagating drug
abuse, the decisive factor is not the criminal liability
for sales of seeds containing THC, but propagation
of illegal production of cannabis containing THC,
i.e. equipment needed for cultivation, seeds with in-
structions, etc.
• Defendants were not propagating cultivation of ca-
nnabis to produce hemp used to make ropes or insu-
lation materials or any other healthy chemical sub-
stances contained in cannabis, but those varieties of
cannabis, which contain THC above the limit, which
can influence human psychological condition. (NS 8
Tdo 1217/2014)
It is necessary, that the other person started abusing
the addictive substance other but alcohol, i.e. beca-
me a user. The merit of crime of propagation of drug
abuse is not present.
• It is a crime of posing danger.
•The defendants exposed others to risk and subse-
quently caused real danger. The crime is considered
concluded since instigation, propagation, etc. are
present. (NS 8 Tdo 1217/2014). For further definition
of the crime, see (NS 3 Tdo 1218/2014).
• To prove the merit of crime, it is not necessary that
the expected effect was present, i.e. the other person
actually abused another substance but alcohol. (NS 3
Tdo 1218/2014)
• It is not necessary to prove that the other person
actually started abusing the drug. (11 Tdo 935/2014)
Defendants provided the buyers with a written dis-
claimer in which they brought their attention to the
fact that planting and growing of plants may be qua-
lified as a crime of illicit production of a narcotic and
psychotropic substance.
• By providing the disclaimer, the defendants obvi-
ously attempt to distance themselves from any abu-
se. On the Internet, they published descriptions of
plants of Indian cannabis and its cultivated varieties
as well as the frequently used symbol of cannabis leaf
together with information on the effect of various va-
rieties of cannabis and their use, praising their effect
on the human mind without any objective informa-
tion about the negative effects. They also shared in-
formation on easy methods of cultivation, yields and
harvest time. All the above constitutes an act of pro-
moting marijuana products accessible to the public
without restrictions. (NS 8 Tdo 1217/2014)
• It would be rather naive to believe that if the pro-
ducts carry a warning that the growing of cannabis
seeds may be subject to prosecution would inculpate
the seller. One can only conclude that the disclaimer
is quite an obvious way of concealing the true nature
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of the product and such defence shall be perceived as
totally unacceptable. (NS 3 Tdo 1218/2014)
Products sold were meant for growing plants and
vegetables, as witnessed by some customers (Plane-
tárium hl. města Prahy, ZOO Praha, Zemědělská
univerzita).
Sales of products are not illegal; sales of seeds as such
are not illegal.
• Defenders are not prosecuted for selling something
which is illegal to sell, possess, or use. They are prose-
cuted for the fact, that the merchandise they sold, its
combinations, and circumstances as well as accom-
panying information may instigate in other people
an interest in growing cannabis in order to harvest
marijuana or may help people abusing drugs get
access to equipment, seeds, and instructions ….(7 T
27/2014)
Hemp is neither illegal nor poses danger to the socie-
ty, moreover, it has been entered in the National book
of plant varieties.
Seized merchandise can be easily bought from stan-
dard shops in both the CR and Europe.
• The defendant was offering the whole range of go-
ods necessary for cultivation, processing and subse-
quent use of cannabis to a wide range of people thus
providing them with material conditions for abuse
of THC, an addictive substance, the act of which can
clearly be perceived as instigation to abuse such sub-
stance. (ÚS 934/13, 11Tdo 935/2014)
Despite ever increasing interest in the cultivation of
marijuana, the circle of people who have the necessa-
ry knowledge of how to grow marijuana plants has
remained very small. Members of the public at large
23
 have no knowledge of marijuana cultivation and the
given offer and range of products at any store would
be of no help for them should they decide to start
growing.
• Information was targeted at people having
knowledge of cannabis cultivation.
• Such people need no instruction of how to grow
seeds, but may seek detailed information on specific
plant varieties.
Pursuant to decision NS 8 Tdo 1206/2012, they stop
selling the cannabis seeds and offered them on a dif-
ferent internet site in order not to commit crime thus
complying with conditions stipulated by the Supre-
me Court in the above decision.
• An attempt to conceal the true nature of their acti-
vity. (3 Tdo 1218/2014)
In respect of freedom to disseminate information,
the defendant endorses the decision made by the
Supreme Court, which acquitted the person charged
with dissemination of Main Kampf.
• The defendant is guilty of more than mere dissemi-
nation of “specific information“, he is also guilty of
activities, such as offering, presenting, and sales of
cannabis seeds and equipment necessary to grow and
process cannabis. The decision he refers to is therefo-
re irrelevant for his case. (11Tdo 935/2014)
Reference to the Bill of Fundamental Rights and Fre-
edoms and the Czech Constitution – freedom of di-
ssemination of information and freedom of speech.
• Freedom of speech ends where protection of rights
of others starts to prevail. “The constitutional right
of expression of one´s beliefs and opinions which is
not limited by law is, in its contents, limited by rights
24 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015
of others, regardless of whether such rights derive
from the national constitution or from legal norms
protecting interests and values of the entire society
“ (ÚS 359/96). The defendant was not prosecuted so-
lely for dissemination of information or propagating
THC, his conduct involved other merits, but disse-
mination and propagation, such as offering, publicly
presenting and selling of a range of products and
merchandise to be used in processing, storing, and
abusing of cannabis. (11Tdo 935/2014)
A flagrant violation of ultima racio and a basis for
legal excess, violation of the principle of subsidiarity
of criminal repression.
• Public prosecutor – how can you say that this con-
duct was extraordinary and different from even the
least serious cases we´ve had in this context… This
conduct is typical for the general framework of the
merit of this crime. 8Tdo 1217/2014)
• It was neither a single case nor a case or acciden-
tal propagation of drug abuse or instigation to abuse
drugs, it was a systematic activity operated as a bu-
siness having a wide circle of customers shopping
in the store as well as on-line; from the criminal law
perspective, the impact of the drug abuse cannot be
ignored. (3Tdo 1218/2014)
• The principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression
cannot be applied in such wide sense so that it would
lead to rejection of provisions of the criminal law;
the key function of the criminal law is to protect the
society from crime. Should there be a crime com-
mitted and the merit of crime be present, as is the
case here, the state cannot withdraw from its role in
protecting the justified interest of the society. ((3Tdo
1218/2014)
Lacks common sense – unprecedented criminal pe-
nalty – reference to ÚS 1098/10,ÚS 631/05,ÚS 4/04.
Violation of legal license.
The authorities should have regulated the given busi-
ness accordingly.
Prior to 4th November 2014, this business had been
absolutely legal, tolerated by the authorities, and the
defendant had received a permission to operate his
business even though the authorities knew what type
of business activities he was engaged in. Only later
was this business labelled as a criminal activity.
• One cannot argue with an analogy to changes in case
law since, prior to the decision NS 8Tdo 1206/2012,
there had been no case law whatsoever which would
indicate that the activities of the defendant were le-
gal. The mere fact that the activity was not investi-
gated by the law enforcement bodies cannot be used
to conclude that the activity was legal. Moreover, one
cannot claim, that in this case a legitimate business
became a business not only prohibited or unpermi-
tted, but even criminal under the current law, wit-
hout gravely breaching the principle that “what is
not prohibited is permitted”.(11Tdo 935/2014)
• Public prosecutor – one can hardly imagine that the
state, by “regulating” the business, would de facto en-
gage in the perpetration of crime. (11Tdo 935/2014)
• The fact that the responsible bodies failed to pay
proper attention to this issue is worrisome and we are
sorry for that, but it makes no difference as to the re-
action of the authorities. (7 T 27/2014)
Business was under control of various institutions
which performed numerous checks
• Conclusions of inspections performed by the Czech
trade inspection (Česká obchodní inspekce) or the
authorities supervising entrepreneurial activities
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could not have any impact on the defendant´s per-
ception of the situation. Such inspection visits have
nothing to do with the question of whether the de-
fendant, by his conduct and as part of his business,
provided information, advice, and instructions lea-
ding to the possession of the drug and its abuse. The
defendant cannot claim that he perceived the visits
as a kind of moral and material support. Moreover,
the above mentioned authorities do not have a status
of courts and cannot (and should not be perceived as
such) judge and, primarily, interpret the scope of cri-
minal law norms and provisions. (7 T 27/2014-422)
Disproportionately high sentences when compared
to other similar cases
• No reason to appeal. (3Tdo 1218/2014). The appe-
llate court – in case of both defendants, sentences are
rather mild and cannot by, by any means, perceived
as disproportionately high.
Legal conditions for a protective measure pursuant
to Section 101, Subsection 1c) of the Criminal Code
were not met and they could not have been used to
commit the crime of propagation of drug abuse. The
analogy in mala parkum is not acceptable in respect
of the protective measure once they are under prose-
cution for a misdemeanour, not a crime.
• It is not decisive whether they are found guilty for a
misdemeanour or a crime.
• It is not decisive, that the defendants were found
guilty for a misdemeanour; it is important that the
seized merchandise can be used to commit more se-
rious violations which may be perceived by law as cri-
me. (8 Tdo 1217/2014)
• It is not a must that they pose direct danger to pe-
ople´s security or property, or security of the entire
25
 society, but that they are or may be used to commit offered that these products were intended to abuse
crime. (8 Tdo 1217/2014) the drug and not to use cannabis for healing purpo- Cannabis - plants
ses.
Not all the items seized were related to the alleged 100 000
violation of law, EXAMPLES OF DESCRIPTIONS OF SEEDS: 90 000
Seizure of merchandise pursuant to Section 101 – • Its high THC content makes it ideal for experienced 80 000
some items were costly and the courts ignored the users. 70 000
fact that their seizure may have a detrimental impact • Smells and tastes of matured cheese, lemon, and 60 000
on the defendant´s gainful activities – reference to skunk and when in blossom, you will need a strong car-
50 000
ÚS 12/03. bon filter, because the aroma is incredibly strong and
40 000
• Given the volume of merchandise, one could con- specific, this variety is not recommended for beginners
sider production of cannabis in the “industrial way”, and inexperienced smokers. 30 000

Section 83/1,2 or 3c) NS. • Healing effects. 20 000

• DISSENTING OPINION OF THE REGIONAL • The effect is emotionally utopic and its impact on the 10 000
COURT(due to other decisions the opposite opini- brain is long term and heavenly. 0
on won and all merchandise from the growshop was • Heavy physical condition and euphoria. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
seized and forfeited) – The District court was obvi- • It will grow into a short and wide plant, yet yielding
ously proceeding in line with the „in dubio pro reo“ huge buds, sweet-scented as pines, the indica is very
principle and all other merchandise, with the excep- strong, heavy and tough and hallucinogenic, unmis-
Cannabis - growhouse
tion of cannabis seeds, was not covered by the sanc- takable from the onset.
tion of seizure and forfeiture. It was an absolutely
350
logical decision since these other products are easily
available and can be bought from any other shop or 300
shopping centres. (4To 240/214)
250
Cannafest offers the same merchandise as offered by
200
the defendant in his store.
• It is not up to the court to judge whether such events 150
or festivals are right or whether other growshops
comply or not. (5T 29/2014) 100

50
Cannabis seeds can be used in healing.
• Cultivation and distribution of cannabis for hea- 0
ling purposes requires a permit from the State insti- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
tute for control of pharmaceuticals (SUKL).
• It was obvious from the context of the merchandise

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 Operation DENISA Operation KORBA
Cannabis (g)
In their Operation DENISA at the beginning of No- At the beginning of October 2015, officers of the Nati-
800 000 vember 2015, officers of the National Drug Headquar- onal Drug Headquarters of the Service of Criminal Po-
ters of the Service of Criminal Police and Investigation, lice and Investigation apprehended an organized group
700 000
in cooperation with the German Police, apprehended counting seven suspects perpetrating indoor cultivati-
600 000 an organized group of perpetrators engaged in traffic- on of non-technical cannabis, subsequent production
king marijuana and methamphetamine from the Czech of marijuana and its distribution to customers from
500 000
Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany. Perpetra- Germany.
400 000 tors, members of the organized group, are currently
300 000
under prosecution for procurement and subsequent In this operation, the Police documented distribution of
trafficking of a total of 1,340 g of methamphetamine the prohibited substance to at least 30 customers from
200 000 and 14 kg of marijuana within 39 documented courier Germany. During the intervention, the Police seized
100 000
trips to Germany. three cultivation tents used for “indoor” cultivation of
non-technical cannabis. On the territory of Germany,
0 In the Czech Republic, the Police arrested five Czech the Police seized a total of 2,030 grams of marijuana.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
nationals who were charged with the crime of illegal
production and other handling of narcotic and psycho- As the scene of crime was in the vicinity of Děčín, which
tropic substances and poisons (in two cases) pursuant then holds territorial and material competence over the
Hashish (g) to Section 283, Subsection 1, Subsection 2c), and Sub- case, the officers of the National Drug Headquarters
section 4c), in one case under Section 283, Subsection transferred the case to the Service of the Criminal Poli-
70 000
1, Subsection 3c), and Subsection 4c) and in two other ce and Investigation in the municipality of Děčín.
cases pursuant to Section 283, Subsection 1, and Sub-
60 000 section 2a) of the Criminal Code. In the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany, the Police also arrested four suspects;
50 000
subsequent house and premise searches revealed 500
40 000 grams of methamphetamine. The Police also seized
cash in the amount of CZK 310,000 and EUR 480 and a
30 000 VW Passat worth CZK 160,000.
20 000

10 000

0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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 Trafficking in COCAINE

30 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015 31
 Trafficking in COCAINE
In the Czech Republic, cocaine has remained a drug of
choice particularly for wealthier people, predominantly
in larger agglomerations. Due to the competition of me-
thamphetamine, which costs less, cocaine is becoming
relatively more affordable, but its quality is often very
low since it often gets mixed and diluted with various
other substances. Modus operandi of perpetrators of
trafficking in cocaine to our territory has also remained
the same and the same is true for the involvement of
criminal groups in its distribution. In 2015, the Police
detected large shipments of cocaine in the Czech Re-
public, but the investigation confirmed that it was only
a logistical mistake and the consignments were not de-
stined for the illegal Czech market. Czech Republic is
neither a major cocaine transit nor destination country.
Smuggling and distribution of cocaine in the Czech Re-
public have been and still are significantly dominated
by West African criminal groups, particularly perpetra-
tors from Nigeria. Since many Nigerians have left their
country and became economic migrants to developed
countries, perpetrators have managed to establish cri-
minal networks which cooperate globally. Nigerian
criminal groups organizing illegal transport of cocaine
from South American countries, where cocaine is pro-
duced, to the EU member states also dominate the Eu-
ropean cocaine distribution network. To transport co-
caine from South America to the European Union and
subsequently to other countries, they often use couriers
who transport cocaine either in the gastrointestinal
tract, genitalia or luggage. The amounts transported
range from 0,5 to 5,0 kilograms. To transport cocaine,
perpetrators hire as couriers primarily individuals from
the Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the
32 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Baltic countries. Couriers come from low income fa- ty as „logistics base“, since they can relatively easily get supplying the cocaine imported into the Czech Repub-
milies and the reward offered, usually in thousands of permissions to stay and incorporate a mock legitimate lic to the locally established criminal groups of ethnic
euros, is very attractive for them. Czech citizens are business which serves them as a front for their illegal Albanians keeps increasing. To distribute cocaine, the
usually not hired as couriers directly by the Nigerians, activities. These groups also benefit from language si- Albanians use their already built heroin distribution
but by other Czech citizens, who had previously wor- milarities and the strategic position of the Czech Re- network.
ked as couriers themselves and were promoted in the public in the heart of Europe having good air and mo-
criminal hierarchy after some time served in the gang torway connections both to the Balkans as well as the The Czech Republic has been also used as a transit
or by perpetrators in close personal relationship to the Western European countries. Cocaine deliveries most country for parcels ranging from a kilogram up to se-
Nigerian perpetrators. often come to Europe through large ports in the Ne- veral dozen kilograms. Couriers most often fly to the
therlands, Belgium and Spain and are taken by land to Prague airport and change here for other destinations.
West African criminal groups keep abusing postal other European countries, including the Czech Repub- Cocaine is most often transported in luggage or using
services to import cocaine into the Czech Republic. lic. The number of disclosed cases of such perpetrators human body as a container.
They hide cocaine elaborately in the package inside
other goods to avoid detection by standard package in- Increase in volumes of detected cocaine
spection tools. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Cocaine (g) 10 169 4 708 37 588 7 631 12 904 14 162 16 071 8 050 35 788 5 406 120 386
There are, however, criminal groups of solely Czech ci-
tizens who have ties in some South American count-
ries. Their Illicit cocaine trade flourishes with the help
of Czech expats who had left the Czech Republic and Cocaine (g)
now live in one of the South American countries, or
thanks to direct links of the Czech perpetrators to lo- 140 000
cal criminal groups In South America. The perpetra-
tors use their contacts in the source countries to buy 120 000
cocaine, which they subsequently traffic to the Czech
100 000
Republic via hired couriers, Czech citizens, for distri-
bution in our country. 80 000
Criminal groups from the Western Balkans, such as 60 000
Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have do-
minated the Illicit trafficking in cocaine from South 40 000
America through Western European or Southern Eu-
ropean countries for many years. Individual members 20 000
of these criminal groups often come from the same
0
family or have roots in one village or town. Amongst 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
these groups, the Czech Republic has gained populari-
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 Operation HOLE
In their Operation HOLE, which took place in July
2015, officers of the National Drug Headquarters of the
Service of Criminal Police and Investigation apprehen-
ded an eight-member organized group of perpetrators
engaged in trafficking large amounts of cocaine from
Peru to the Czech Republic. All members of this or-
ganized group were Czech citizens. Cocaine was smu-
ggled dissolved in wine bottles. Purity of the drug ran-
ged from 80% to 90% and was intended for the Czech
illegal drug market. Members of the Intervention Unit
of the Regional Police Directorate in the South Mora-
vian Region apprehended three perpetrators directly
upon their attempt to import their delivery of cocaine
to the Czech Republic at the border crossing of Chva-
lovice – Hate. Other members of the organized group
were subsequently apprehended at several locations in
Prague and the Central Bohemia.
Detectives started investigating the case in the sum-
mer of 2015. Since the perpetrators kept changing their
trafficking routes, the investigators established close
cooperation with the Peruvian, Spanish, French and
Austrian Police. In September 2014, at the Jorge Chavez
airport in Lima, the authorities, in cooperation with the
Peruvian Police apprehended two couriers - Czech citi-
zens - who attempted to traffic from Peru about 1.5 kg
of cocaine dissolved in 4 bottles of wine. In February
2015, the Austrian Police apprehended a Czech courier
at the airport in Vienna. In his baggage, he had about
780 grams of cocaine dissolved in two bottles of Chile-
an wine. In March 2015 at the Barajas Airport in Mad-
rid, the Spanish Police cooperated on an arrest of ano-
ther Czech courier trafficking from Peru to the Czech
Republic about 1.5 kg of cocaine, again dissolved in 4
34 National Drug Headquarters/ANNUAL REPORT 2015
bottles of wine. Despite all efforts to eliminate couriers, intervention amounts to at least CZK 10 million. tectable brand) with a riflescope and a silencer, larger
the perpetrators managed to traffic by air from Peru via quantity of ammunition, three vehicles – a VW Tou-
other European airports to the Czech Republic about 6 Trafficking of cocaine dissolved in fluids represents one areg, a Citroen C4 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and
kg of high quality cocaine. of the trafficking options for the cocaine market in the other evidence.
Czech Republic, although not so frequent. The most
After having received in Peru their cocaine delivery so- common ways of trafficking cocaine into our country In the course of the operation HOLE on the territory
phisticatedly hidden in wine bottles, which at first glan- have been baggage, body as a container, and postal par- of the Czech Republic, the Police apprehended eight
ce did not differ from original bottles, couriers flew to cels. The most common source countries for couriers suspects, who are under prosecution for an extremely
one of the major European airports from which they importing cocaine into the Czech Republic are, parti- serious crime of illegal production and other handling
always proceeded to the airport in Vienna. At the air- cularly with regard to airfares and other expenses, Peru, of narcotic and psychotropic substances and poisons
port, they hired a car and drove to the Czech Republic. Venezuela, Brazil and the Dominican Republic. (in six cases) under Section 283, Subsection 1, Subsec-
To conspire, they frequently changed their routes. In tion 3c and Subsection 4c of the Criminal Code, and (in
the Czech Republic, the couriers delivered the bottles In the course of the operation, the Police seized 1,300 two cases) pursuant to Section 283, Subsection 1 and
to the main organizer, who first extracted the cocaine grams of cocaine dissolved in four wine bottles, mo- Subsection 4c of the Criminal Code, for which they
from the solution, diluted it and subsequently distribu- vable and immovable property worth several million face up to ten to eighteen years in prison. Two couriers
ted to his network of wealthy customers especially in Czech Crowns, four illegally possessed weapons – a have been serving their sentences for trafficking co-
Prague and the Central Bohemia. Cocaine trafficking submachine gun make (model 58) with a silencer, two caine abroad – one in Peru and one in Spain.
and distribution were the only source of livelihood of double-barrelled shotguns, and a rimfire rifle (an unde-
the main organizer. His wife and son, who operated a
private kindergarten, were also involved in the illegal
activity. After the delivery of wine bottles containing
cocaine to the Czech Republic, each courier received
dozens of thousands of Czech Crowns from the main
organizer, who also paid their airfare and stay in the
South American countries.
In Peru, the price of cocaine of 80% to 90% purity ran-
ges between two to three thousand US dollars per kilo-
gram. Prior to distribution in the Czech Republic, the
high quality substance usually gets diluted to produce
three to four times more drugs. At the current average
price of cocaine in Prague, which is two thousand
Czech Crowns per one gram, the organized criminal
group could earn, with the documented quantities of
cocaine only, around 50 million Czech Crowns. The
value of 1,300 grams of cocaine seized during the Police
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 Trafficking in HEROIN

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 Trafficking in HEROIN
In 2015, heroin quality in the Czech Republic remained
different from a number of European countries, which
benefit from overproduction of this substance in Af-
ghanistan and dealers offer a relatively pure drug. The
Czech street market offers relatively low quality heroin.
Many addicts abuse pharmaceuticals based on opiates,
especially Subutex, Fentanyl and, increasingly more
frequently, Vendal Retard. Due to the migration crisis
which hit primarily the Balkans, the traffickers had to
seek other routes but the traditional “Balkan route”.
For heroin, the Czech Republic is both a destination
country and a transit country. Smuggling and distribu-
tion of heroin on the territory of the Czech Republic re-
mains has long been dominated by criminal groups of
ethnic Albanians, mainly from Kosovo and Macedonia.
These groups supply the Czech market with smaller he-
roin shipments of up to 10 kilograms of the drug, which
get further diluted here in the Czech Republic. Part of
the heroin is further trafficked to other European coun-
tries. Ethnic Albanians sell the diluted heroin, whose
street purity reaches up to 5 per cent of diacetylmor-
phine in the base, to the distribution network domi-
nated primarily by the Olah Roma and the local drug
addicts. Perpetrators - ethnic Albanians – have increa-
singly penetrated the illegal cocaine trade as well.
The illegal heroin trade has also been increasingly tar-
geted by organized criminal groups of the Turkish ori-
gin, which supply both the Czech drug market as well
as other EU countries. To smuggle their shipments,
these perpetrators most often use trucks transporting
textile and other consumer goods. Once cleared by the
customs, they take heroin out from the textile shipment
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and sell it either to the Czech market or any other EU
country.
Mainly due to the very low quality of heroin sold in
the streets, its users continue abusing medication con-
taining opiates. In Prague and some larger cities, they
concentrate in particular on medication designed for
substitution treatment which contains buprenorphine
as the active ingredient. Resale of prescription drugs
sold solely based on a special prescription for pati-
ents of substitution programs has been quite massive.
Prescriptions leak to the market from the patients and
drugs concerned are mainly Subutex, Subuxon, Ravata,
Diazepam, Rivotril and Neurol.
We continue witnessing increased abuse by heroin
users of fentanyl, especially in the form of transdermal
patches. It is a highly potent synthetic opioid mainly
used for anaesthesia or a strong analgesic in chronic ill-
ness therapy or a painkiller designed to relieve patients
suffering from pain accompanying cancer and non-
-malignant diseases. This synthetic opioid has about
forty times higher analgesic effect than the same dose
of pure heroin. At the same time, it causes much stron-
ger addiction, since its effect is much shorter. Its sub-
stitution for heroin, or use in a mixture with heroin, is
life-threatening.
Transdermal patches leak to the illegal market main-
ly through relatives of seriously ill cancer patients or
the patients themselves. The illegal market sells these
patches for around CZK 3,000 apiece and one patch
can be used for about nine doses. The administration
of the drug is similar to heroin, the active ingredient
leached from patches is applied intravenously. Drug
addicts also extract fentanyl from patches discarded in
the trash.
We have documented cases of abuse of other painki-
llers to relieve cancer patients, especially those based
on morphine. It mainly concerns tablets, which are fur-
ther processed to be administered, similarly to heroin,
intravenously.
In 2015, we documented an increased number of users
of hallucinogenic and psychotropic substances addic-
ted on an opiate sold as Vendal Retard. The drug is
primarily intended for cancer patients. Drug users, ho-
wever, abuse this drug to administer it intravenously in
particular when there is no other opiate available. Per-
petrators buy this drug fraudulently from pharmacies
using forged prescriptions. One tablet is then sold for
around CZK 200 per one tablet.
In 2015, we marked an increase in production of heroin
from morphine. Perpetrators extract heroin from Ven-
dal Retard, a pharmaceutical which yields high quali-
ty heroin of over 90% purity. Heroin extraction from
morphine is wide spread especially in Prague, the capi-
tal of the Czech Republic.
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We expect that, especially due to the low quality of tra-
ditional drugs on the black market, especially heroin,
perpetrators will continue using pharmaceuticals to ex-
tract more pure drugs from them.
We have also detected cases of heroin produced from
poppy heads. The most wide spread method of produc-
tion of heroin is extraction of morphine from opium,
which is subsequently used to extract heroin. Opium is
the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy. Mor-
phine may also be gained from whole or broken poppy
heads, free of seeds and with minimum stalk, the so
called “poppy mass“. Poppy for the food production
industry, which is grown in the Czech Republic, con-
tains 0,20% to 0,47% of morphine in the poppy mass.
It makes extraction of heroin from poppy heads in our
country into quite demanding and costly process. Due
to the low yield, it has remained a marginal activity.
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 Heroin seized – year to year figures
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Heroin (g) 36 340 27 877 20 333 46 302 31 258 30 453 4 730 7 576 5 045 156 810 1 585

Heroin (g)

160 000

140 000

120 000

100 000

80 000

60 000
NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
40 000

20 000

0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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 NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
In Europe, the phenomenon of abusing the so called
new psychoactive substances has been on rise. Certain
substances have already been established so well in the
community of users that they are no longer considered
as new psychoactive substances, but are perceived as
conventional drugs. A prime example is mephedrone,
which is no longer monitored by the early warning sys-
tem, since its use in some countries is now comparable
to cocaine. However, at the end of 2015, the EWS re-
ported about 100 new substances, a figure comparable
to 2014, when the system officially reported 101 new
psychoactive substances. In the Czech Republic, po-
pularity of new synthetic stimulants, mainly cathino-
ne, keeps growing. Cathinone is now more used by so
called “problem drug users”, mainly because of the poor
quality of street methamphetamine, prices, or users´
belief that they are buying methamphetamine. (E.g.
users in Prague frequently use „Funky“ – which is a
generic name for synthetic cathinones and its contents
vary (MDBPB, MPPP, MDVP, alfa-PVP).
In 2015, members of the National Drug Headquarters
documented in the Czech Republic a quantity of syn-
thetic drugs, such as 2,077 g of UR-144 (a synthetic
cannabinoid in a resin matrix), 400 trips containing
5-MeO-aMT (synthetic tryptamine, a powerful hallu-
cinogen with effects similar to LSD), 1000.9 g of ethy-
lone (a controlled derivative of methylone, a substance
with effects similar to Ecstasy), 1015.9 grams of α-PVP
(effects similar to Ecstasy) and 311 g of 4-chlorome-
thcathinone (4-CMC, IUPAC: 1- (4-chlorophenyl) -2-
(methylamine) -1-propanone). An good example of a
smaller seizure would be an interesting derivative of
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methylphenidate 3,4-CTMP, seized quantity of which disclose that users of hallucinogenic and psychotropic
was less than 2 g. Customs authorities have reported substances such as Ecstasy and LSD in the Czech Re-
a seizure at the airport of 26 kg of 3-MMC (3-methyl- public in many cases remain totally unaware of the fact
metkathinon, a derivative of mephedrone) and another that they take new synthetic drugs instead. Members
seizure at the airport of 11.5 kilograms of synthetic ca- of the National Drug Headquarters determined, thanks
nnabinoids AMB-CHMICA. to their international Police cooperation network, that,
especially in the Russian Federation, popularity and
Seizures of the above substances indicate that the Czech availability of new synthetic drugs has exceed traditi-
drug market keeps introducing new compounds that onal drugs. Given the large Russian-speaking commu-
are not, despite their obvious toxicological effects, ti- nity in the Czech Republic, one can imagine that the
mely and flexibly added to the list of narcotic and psy- addicts in this community may contribute to wider
chotropic substances and poisons under the current spreading of new synthetic drugs in our country.
legislation, the fact which significantly reduces capacity
of the law enforcement bodies to detect and investigate
related crimes. Provisions of the Criminal Code allow
for prosecution solely in terms of propagation of drug
abuse pursuant to Section 287 of the Criminal Code.
Tools available to the Police to detect and investiga-
te crimes committed in relation to the new synthetic
drugs by international organized crime groups have
proven insufficient. This fact was pointed out by the
experience gained in 2014 as part of Operation Her-
barium. However, an amendment to the Government
Decree No. 463/2013 Coll. listing addictive substances
has improved the situation at least partially by adding,
with effect as of the 1st October 2015, nineteen new
substances to the list, including UR-144 a α-PVP thus
getting them under control.
All of the above findings provide us with fruit for
thought. Have the Czech authorities, primarily the Po-
lice and other law enforcement and security bodies,
conducted sufficient monitoring of presence of these
substances on the Czech territory? It is possible that
increased cooperation and targeted activities would
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 Trafficking in ANABOLIC STEROIDS

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 Trafficking in ANABOLIC STEROIDS
VIn 2015 in the Czech Republic, situation in the field
of illegal production and distribution of substances
having hormonal effect remained essentially the same
when compared to the information given in the annual
report of the National Drug Headquarters for the year
2014.
Based on the monitoring of the Internet we may conclu-
de that modest changes occurred in the structure and
functioning of distribution of anabolic steroids over
the Internet towards individuals involved in the trade
of anabolic steroids on the lowest level. We marked a
slight increase in activities of these persons virtually
on all advertising sites associated either with the sale
of sports supplements or promotion of particular po-
wer sports. The people involved are equally active on
social networks. On the other hand, in 2015 we marked
virtually no change in distribution of anabolic steroids
via e-shops.
Given the above and the fact that users of anabolic ste-
roids are usually members of enclosed groups of people
linked to the community of people frequenting fitness
centres or followers and admirers of lifestyle associated
with bodybuilding, we may conclude that the „esta-
blished“ traders in anabolic steroids communicate with
their customers through social networks based on the
client database. These valuable business databases crea-
ted from databases of e-stores or client databases of
sports and fitness centres help conceal these business
activities and make them undetectable by instruments
used by the Police in their standard operations. Small
dealers of anabolic steroids usually lack this capacity
and their activities are therefore easier to monitor. Sin-
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ce perpetrators are usually young and therefore com-
puter literate, they do their best to conceal their activity
usually through various forms of changing or hiding
their identity.
There were no synergies or cooperation detected be-
tween these two groups of perpetrators of sales and dis-
tribution of anabolic steroids.
Key legislative changes in the field of anabolic ste-
roids
As already stated in the Annual Report of the National
Drug Headquarters for 2014, the above modus ope-
randi of distributors of anabolic steroids was possible
due to their availability and insufficient legislation,
especially in the Slovak Republic. In 2016, we await a
big change in this field since the Slovak Republic adop-
ted, at the end of 2015, new provisions of the Criminal
Code No. 300/2005.
It is obvious that the new legislation in the Slovak Re-
public is considerably stricter than the comparable
norms in the Czech Republic. Moreover, the Slovak
provisions are more comprehensive; the Slovaks intro-
duced new sections of the Criminal Code guiding illeg-
al handling of medication, pharmaceuticals and medi-
cal aids, and forging of drugs and medical aids.
Should the judicial authorities in the Slovak Republic
enforce the new legislation consistently, the situation
may result in reversing the recent trend and the Czech
Republic may once again become an important hub in
trafficking in anabolic steroids. Not only that the local
dealers and traffickers have the right know-how, but
perpetrators will follow the less strict criminal legisla-
tion.
At the end of 2015, we already marked some changes. Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria
An unnamed well-known Slovak internet website dedi- and Spain. The main organizer of the crime, a German
cated to the distribution of anabolic steroids went out citizen, died before the end of the Police investigati-
of business and its domain is now for sale. on. His business partner was convicted and sentenced,
thanks to her confession and cooperation with the ju-
Last but not least, members of National Drug Headquar- dicial authorities, to 7 years in prison. Two other mem-
ters of the Service of Criminal Police and Investigation bers of the group, who were also under investigation,
have monitored quantity of prohibited substances offe- were convicted and sentenced to 5, respectively 2 years
red and their diversity. Police investigations and ope- in prison; the court also pronounced several suspended
rational information revealed that perpetrators also sentences.
engage in counterfeiting of substances having anabo-
lic and other hormonal effect or distribute substances
under fictitious labels.
We can conclude that perpetrators at the Czech black
market offer substances having anabolic and other
hormonal effect which, thanks to their professional-
-looking packaging and labels, make users believe that
they are buying officially registered drugs. Expert exa-
minations of these substances, however, indicate just
the opposite. For illustration, we can use the example of
substances available the Czech Republic as products of
a company called ElitePharm. This company is neither
registered in the database of the State Institute for Drug
Control nor is it an authorization holder. It is also not
registered as a manufacturer responsible for the release
(which is usually stated in the leaflet of the pharmaceu-
tical). Products labelled as made by ElitePharm With
revealed, in several cases, differences between the “ma-
nufacturer” declared and the actual content of active
substance in the drug.
In 2015, the Municipal Court in Prague issued a judg-
ment in the case known as Operation ROID. The ope-
ration concerned an organized group of people per-
petrating distribution of anabolic steroids in the Czech
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 Pharmaceuticals and Medical Preparations
In 2015, we monitored an increased demand for phar-
maceuticals containing opium, such as Vendal Retard
and transdermal patches, which are sought primarily
by people addicted to heroin. The most commonly abu-
sed pharmaceutical drug is currently Subutex. Addicts
prefer pharmaceutical drugs over low quality heroin
sold on the streets. Moreover, pharmaceutical drugs are
relatively easy to get. Intravenous users take high risk
since insufficiently filtrated suspension of tablets di-
ssolved in liquid may cause embolism, one of the most
common causes of death of opium addicts.
In 2015 we marked a significant increase of the number
of illegal heroin production laboratories using Vendal
Retard as a source. Service of the Criminal Police and
Investigation of the Police of the Czech Republic, in
cooperation with the State Institute for Drug Control
which accelerated its control efforts, pharmacy owners,
who were informed of the problem, and thanks to de-
dicated efforts to tackle and remove this type of illegal
production of drugs, managed to seize several labora-
tories of significant size thus reducing the output and
offer and availability of heroin made from this pharma-
ceutical drug.
Key legislative changes
In the middle of 2015, long-term efforts and argumen-
tation campaigns of the National Drug Headquarters
and selected other central authorities bore fruit and
contributed, as of 1st July 2015, the Polish authorities
introducing a regulation limiting free availability of
selected pharmaceuticals containing ephedrine. Such
pharmaceuticals may now be sold solely from pharma-
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cies and to individuals above 18 years of age. Each cus-
tomer may buy one package only per purchase. To buy
more packages, a prescription is now needed. Although
this initiative is by large commendable, it has remained
a formal measure and some pharmacy owners tend to
ignore it. Therefore, Poland has remained a country
where one can relatively easily get hold of a significant
amount of pharmaceuticals intended for illicit produc-
tion of drugs.
Panadol plus Grip, the only pharmaceutical in the
Czech Republic containing pseudoephedrine and avai-
lable off the counter in the Czech Republic, has been
newly added, based on a new registration decision, to
the electronic list of pharmaceuticals distributed with
limitation. This measure has significantly contributed
to a controlled distribution of this drug and we firmly
Drug precursors
believe that in the near future the responsible authori-
ties will add more pharmaceutical drugs to the above
list.
From unofficial information we conclude that the UN
pressure in Turkey resulted in restrictions of sales of
pharmaceuticals containing pseudoephedrine thus re-
ducing their illegal export to Europe. In this context,
we have detected, in several cases, shipments of phar-
maceuticals from different European countries. It is ob-
vious, that the only really efficient measure would be an
adoption in the EU of legislative changes which would
tackle the issue uniformly on the entire territory of the
EU.
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 Drug precursors
Level of illicit trafficking in precursors and other che-
micals which may be abused for drug production re-
mained stable over the past year. The number of com-
panied handling these substances remained unchanged
regardless of changes in the legislation described below.
The National Drug Headquarters kept negotiating with
potential partners in order to streamline and stren-
gthen cooperation and obtain information on suspici-
ous customers, orders, etc.
The regulation of distribution of precursors introduced
by the Act on drug precursors through the compulsory
registration indicates that consumption of red phos-
phorus and iodine in the Czech Republic has remained
enormous. Unfortunately, most of these substances end
at illegal laboratories. In this respect, the National Drug
Headquarters submitted dozens of reports on cases of
suspicious distribution of these substances to the local
units of the Police of the Czech Republic for further in-
vestigation. In most cases, such intelligence triggered
further investigation in which the Police detected per-
vitin brewing laboratories and apprehended perpetra-
tors of illicit production of drugs.
Key legislative changes
The new Act on drug precursors had certain downsides
which surfaced in the first months of its implementa-
tion. It concerns primarily the ´Declaration of recipi-
ent of precursors´, which required an amendment to
the decree on official forms, which entered into effect
on 24th December 2015. The new form newly includes
mandatory identification of the person physically rece-
iving a delivery of precursors.
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As of 1st October 2015, the authorities also amended tic drugs, production of which is now slowly moving
the Government Decree No. 458/2013 Coll., on Data- to Europe. This is mainly due to legislative changes in
base of precursors and their annual limits, which inclu- China. The Chinese extended their list of controlled
ded to the database the enantiomers of chloroephedri- substances and included many of the new psychoactive
ne and chlorpseudoephedrine, precursors having a past substances. One can therefore expect an increase in the
history of abuse for illicit manufacturing of methamp- number of illegal laboratories producing new psycho-
hetamine. In 2015, thanks to pressure exerted mainly active substances in Europe.
by the Czech Republic and Germany, these substances
were added to the European list of so-called voluntarily
controlled substances (EU Voluntary Surveillance List
of Non-scheduled Substances). In the following year,
we expect their transfer to Category I, i.e. to the most
strictly controlled substances in terms of European re-
gulations governing drug precursors.
Amendments of European regulations have recently in-
troduced a new subcategory (2A), in which the autho-
rities included, after several years of persistent efforts,
a substance distributed under the name of acetic an-
hydride. The substance has been, since 1st July 2015,
subject to mandatory registration also for companies
which engage in its further processing, use as a source
material, storing, etc. This measure effectively supple-
ments the Act No. 272/2013 Coll. and the obligatory
regular monthly reporting of sales of excess quantities
of these substances.
Although in 2015 the authorities in the Czech Republic
did not detect any new synthetic drug precursors, we
have monitored a Europe-wide increase in substances,
which are sometimes referred to as pre-precursors of
synthetic drugs. It concerns primarily derivatives of
benzyl methyl ketone and piperonyl methyl ketone,
substances used for the synthesis of amphetamine and
MDMA. Furthermore, we´ve seen an increase in the
supply of precursors of mephedrone and other synthe-
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 Internet and drugs
In the Czech Republic, the Internet has been a common
phenomenon in the abuse of drugs. We have recently
monitored a slight increase in the use of the Internet for
distribution of drugs which is due to the rise of a new
generation of drug users (the younger generation uses
the Internet daily and perceives it as a natural part of
life; many young people live in the ´virtual´ world and
the same is true for the drug trade). Young people are
home in the cyber space and visit massively discussion
forums focused on drugs, especially those where drug
users describe their experience with individual drugs
or, rather rarely, share instructions for preparation
of drugs for consumption. In this context, we should
appreciate the growing importance of on-line preven-
tion services.
Most of what is offered on the Internet concerns phar-
maceuticals, substances having hormonal and anabolic
effect (hereinafter the “anabolic steroids”), and certain
precursors. “Growshops” have remained a lasting phe-
nomenon. Hard drugs are on offer primarily on so-
-called „darknet“.
The most commonly offered/demanded narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances on the Internet are
undoubtedly some types of pharmaceuticals. Phar-
maceuticals are usually offered on advertising sites by
people who got hold of numerous packages of drugs
and want to monetize them. A significant number of
advertisements, however, just attempts to trick people
who express their interest into giving out their e-mail
address and other information, which get subsequently
traded further, or to rid them of money. In 2015, the
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National Drug Headquarters did not investigate any
cases of trafficking drugs over the Internet. On several
occasions, however, the investigators submitted intelli-
gence concerning the offer of drugs containing active
ingredients that are on the list of substances with narco-
tic drugs and psychotropic to their counterparts at the
Police of the Czech republic on the local level.
In respect of the Internet offer of anabolic steroids, the
media coverage of the case codenamed “DOBÍRKA”
(CASH ON DELIVERY) investigated by the National
Drug Headquarters had a significant impact. The num-
ber of people offering on forums their anabolic steroids
to be sent by post decreased significantly and the “esta-
blished” dealers either refused to sell anabolic steroids
to unknown customers or tightened their “screening”
procedures. The number of websites in the form of e-
-shops offering anabolic steroids slightly increased.
Most such websites are administered from abroad but
their language is Czech and their addresses are pub-
lished on some discussion forums. A typical „modus
operandi“ in 2015 was sending anabolic steroids by
post from Slovakia. Slovakia, however, amended its le-
gislation as of 1st January 2016 rendering trafficking in
substances with hormonal and anabolic effect criminal
and we therefore expect a decline of this offer.
The Internet has been relatively constantly used to of-
fer new synthetic drugs. After the conviction of several
“Smartshop” owners for the criminal offense of pro-
pagation of drug abuse, the dealers have tried to avoid
prosecution by offering substances as “collectibles” or
“compounds for chemical experiments”. They no lon-
ger inform the buyer on effects of individual substances
or their consumption and dosing. Substances are offe-
red solely under their chemical names and buyers who
wish to use them as psychoactive substances must have of foreign Police forces (the Dutch Police, for example.
at least some knowledge of organic chemistry. arrested an online drug trafficker). We can say that after
the intervention against the “Silk Road” portal in 2013
It seems that so called “growshops” keep flourishing and the subsequent forced closure of the “Black Market
in the virtual environment. Most operators of similar Reloaded”, “Silk Road” 2 and other portals, and after the
e-shops reacted quickly to the series of Police inter- extensive fraud (ciphening-off) against the “Blacksheep
ventions against owners of “growshops” who were cri- Market” portal, most users lost interest in drugs offered
minally prosecuted and subsequently convicted of the over the “darknet” for the massive loss of confidence -
criminal offense of propagating drug abuse. Most of one of the basic principles of this form of commerce.
them divided their merchandise designed for the cul- In 2015, National Drug Headquarters participated at
tivation of cannabis amongst several virtual stores, or, several joint international projects targeting trafficking
at least, separate product groups. In some cases, online of narcotics and other illegal business on the “darknet”.
distributors stopped labelling hemp seed varieties with
expected content of THC and CBD as active ingredi-
ents in plants. Shops selling goods used for cultivation
of cannabis often get disguised as e-shops selling ne-
eds for hydroponic cultivation of plants or chillies. The
cannabis leaf as a symbol of these stores has remained
the only unifying element. The above “growshops” and
recreational users of marijuana are closely linked to the
community of advocates of legitimisation of marijuana
and propagators of the use of cannabis for therapeutic
purposes. Unfortunately, these people often make little
difference between marijuana abuse and the use of ca-
nnabis for therapeutic purposes.
Hard drugs are most often sold by street dealers and if
sold on the Internet, then primarily on the “darknet”, a
clandestine part of the Internet. In the Czech Republic,
abuse of the “darknet” to sell drugs has so far remained
a marginal issue. Surprisingly enough, the number of
Czech “darknet” drug dealers dropped in the course of
the last year. It could have resulted from criminal pro-
ceedings unrelated to this activity (for example a dea-
ler intercepted by the Police during a random check or
investigated for other crimes) or successful operations
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 International cooperation
As in the previous years, 2015 was of no exception
and international cooperation of the National Drug
Headquarters with their counterparts abroad was high-
ly significant and irreplaceable. Of the total number
of 473 requests and reports settled, 220 concerned re-
ports of the joint Czech-German Centre for Police and
Customs Cooperation in Schwandorf. Schwandorf has
been operable for six years now, providing daily ex-
cerpts from the German situational report on drug re-
lated cases having significance for the Czech Republic.
Most reports are on seizures of drugs originating in the
Czech Republic and intercepted on the German side of
the border.
Requests for international cooperation, or letters ro-
gatory, in 2015 were as follows: German liaison officer
in Prague (34), the USA via their DEA office in Vie-
nna (27), liaison officer of the Czech Customs Service
in Germany (17), liaison officer of the German BKA
in Prague (13), Austria (9), Japan (9), Switzerland (6),
France (5), Slovakia, Ukraine and the United King-
dom (each 4), Sweden (3), Australia, Ireland, Hungary,
Spain (each 2) Denmark, Dominican Republic, Cana-
da, Colombia, Korea, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Peru,
Poland, Russia, Singapore and Eurojust (one each).
Our colleagues from the DEA have been assisting us
for many years both with issues relating directly to the
United States as well as with many drug cases in diffe-
rent countries.
In 23 cases, we collaborated under the umbrella of a
Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that we had established
and still operate together with our counterparts in
Sweden and Hungary to fight trafficking in amphetami-
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ne. We reckon that in 2015 we finally managed to close
the period of relatively negative experience with JITs as
an instrument of international cooperation. JITs are by
large a good tool to be used in drug cases with an in-
ternational element present. The above Joint Investiga-
tion Team has borne fruits and delivered tangible and
quality results, both thanks to the positive approach of
the Police and prosecutors from all three participating
countries as well as help and support provided by the
Czech delegation at Europol in the Hague. In this con-
text, we wish to reiterate the importance of excellent
cooperation of our Headquarters with the Czech dele-
gate at Eurojust in the Hague and his deputy. We have
significantly benefited from their active and informal
approach to requests in the field of judicial cooperati-
on, which is very often highly needed in our cases.
In 2015, we continued in our contacts, already prai-
sed in our annual report for 2014, between our border
branch offices (Brno, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Ústí nad
Labem, and Ostrava) and our counterparts in selected
regions of the neighbouring countries, namely Germa-
ny, Poland, Austria and Slovakia. In this context, we
wish to declare that in 2015 we marked a significant
improvement in our international cooperation with
Poland, mainly due to the contacts established by our
branch office in Ostrava.
In 2015, we organised altogether 35 trips abroad as part
of the mutual legal assistance. Most often, investigators
travelled to the Netherlands (14), apparently because it
is the seat of Europol headquarters, four trips were to
Germany, three to Belgium, two to Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Austria and Romania and one each to Bulgaria,
Croatia, Japan, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia,
and the United States. 12 trips took place within EM-
PACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against
Criminal Threats). It concerns Europol projects focused
on priority criminal threats in the EU in different areas.
Our Headquarters participated mainly on projects tar-
geting synthetic drugs, cocaine, and heroin. In two ca-
ses, we accepted an offer made by the European Police
College (CEPOL) which organizes numerous seminars
and courses for Police officers from the EU countries.
Two trips (to the US and Romania) took place under an
umbrella of a joint Czech – Swiss project codenamed
Relief targeting dissemination and awareness raising of
a method of examining traces of moulds on the surface
of compressed drug shipments and a database associ-
ated with this method as part of the project. The most
distant country visited in 2015 was probably Japan,
where we travelled to upon invitation by the Japanese
Police to attend the 20th Asia-Pacific Police Conference
on drugs in Tokyo. At the conference, we delivered our
presentation on Czech- Japanese Police cooperation in
cases related to drug couriers. Our trip to Japan hel-
ped us get better understanding of the region and its
problems, which our Headquarters get quite frequently
exposed to, especially in the context of drug trafficking
to Japan and Australia.
In the framework of legal assistance in individual cases
in 2015, we organized altogether 46 trips abroad. Most
often we travelled to the neighbouring Germany (15),
Poland (9), and Slovakia (5), followed by the Nether-
lands (5) as the seat of Europol and Eurojust headquar-
ters, Austria (3), and Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Nor-
way, Panama, Russia, the UK and Sweden (one trip
each).
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 Methodology and Prevention

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 Methodology and Prevention
The Department of Methodology and Prevention
(OMP) represents the National Drug Headquarters of
the Police of the Czech Republic in the public through
lectures, teaching, guidelines and publications. Further-
more, the Department of Methodology and Prevention
communicates with the public on an almost daily basis.
In the structure of the National Drug Headquarters, the
Department of Methodology and Prevention is, on a
permanent basis, responsible for organizing gatherings
on important anniversaries of our Headquarters as
well as regular working meetings of our members with
members of the Police of the Czech Republic responsi-
ble for detecting the drug crime and representatives of
other cooperating authorities.
The Police Academy of the Czech Republic hosted a se-
minar for experts – members of the Police of the Czech
Republic responsible for detection and investigation of
drug crime. The seminar under the heading of “Drug-
-related crime - Vietnamese criminal groups” focused
on the most recent trends in drug-related crime. It was
organized by the National Drug Headquarters in co-
operation with the Police Academy and the Supreme
Public Prosecutor‘s Office in Prague. The agenda of the
two-day seminar focused primarily on specifics aspects
of investigation of the drug crime committed by orga-
nized groups of Vietnamese nationals, forensic aspects
of this phenomenon and other related issues.
Premises of the Institute for Public Administration in
Benešov hosted an International Conference on “Me-
thamphetamine - New challenges in international co-
operation and collaboration in the Central Europe”,
also organized by the National Drug Headquarters. It
brought together all main actors in the criminal proce-
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edings against the drug crime – the Police and prose- Prevention project “IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION“ Under the umbrella of the project, pupils and secon-
cutors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. dary school students are encouraged to express their
The main objective of this already traditional gathering The prevention project called “IN THE RIGHT DI- attitude to the drug abuse and join a competition for
was to exchange information on current trends in drug RECTION“ was launched in 2013 in the Region of Ústí the best poster bearing an anti-drug message. Posters
crime in individual countries and cases prosecuted by nad Labem and currently counts more than 4,000 active must comply with the assigned theme, meet the an-
the law enforcement bodies in this area, and to facili- participants. The main objective of this prevention pro- nounced technical parameters and be clearly targeted
tate consultations and addressing of specific questions ject is to establish efficient cooperation of all stakehol- against the abuse of illegal addictive substances. The
and issues arising in connection with illicit trafficking ders active in the drug prevention in the given region expert jury assesses and evaluates mainly the compe-
in methamphetamine. and to draft an efficient set of measures which would titor´s fantasy, the uniqueness of the creative idea and
reflect particular drug related issues in the given area. artistic techniques used, all the above with respect to
In 2015, the Department of Methodology and Preventi- The project was co-financed and implemented under the competitor´s age.
on contributed to the training and education system of the auspices of the Governor of the Region of Ústí nad
the Ministry of the Interior and the Police of the Czech Labem. Prevention of high risk conduct and abuse of In 2015, “In the Right Direction“ project targeted the
Republic with special courses for members of the Police addictive substances was promoted at seminars, lectu- Hradec Králové Region. In 2016, it will move to the Re-
of the Czech Republic. res, public workshops, workshops for students and va- gion of South Moravia and the Central Bohemian Re-
rious other events. gion and then onwards to other regions of the Czech
Outside the scope of the Ministry of the Interior and Republic.
the Police of the Czech Republic, members of the De-
partment of Methodology and Prevention helped train
professionals, such as judges-in-waiting and legal
trainees at the Judicial Academy in Kroměříž, members
of municipal and local Police corps, the Army of the
Czech Republic, the Prison Service, and also coopera-
ted on the training of school prevention methodolo-
gists. In addition, they took regular part of debates or-
ganized by the Museum of the Police. They also assisted
the Museum of the Police Czech on their cultural and
preventive events under the umbrella of the Icy Prague
and the Museum Night.
In 2015, the Department of Methodology and Preven-
tion engaged in publication and bore responsibility
for preparing and publishing of the 21th edition of the
National Drug Headquarters Newsletter, an expert-re-
viewed quarterly targeting primarily members of the
Police of the Czech Republic, the judiciary and other
professionals.
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 Asset Seizure

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 Asset Seizure
In the period from 1st January 2015 to 31st December
2015, members of the National Drug Headquarters of
the Service of Criminal Police and Investigation seized,
in the course of their criminal proceedings, proper-
ty and money amounting to CZK 86,509,000. Of this
sum, CZK 29,031,000 were seized in cash and CZK
57,478,000 in various assets (vehicles, laboratory com-
ponents, IT) and real estate property.
Funds seized by the National Drug Headquarters as
proceeds from crime reflect the specific nature of the
drug crime and patterns of behaviour of its perpetra-
tors.
Perpetrators of the drug crime often live fairly expen-
sive life and finance their life style from proceeds of
crime (renting of real estate property, leasing of luxury
vehicles, visiting casinos and nightclubs and the like)
Besides the illicit trafficking of narcotic and psychotro-
pic substances, perpetrators operate normal business
activities. Most often they legitimize their proceeds
from crime through procurement of real estate pr-
operty, respectively through payment of mortgage in-
stalments, purchase of vehicles, cash deposits to bank
accounts, and investment into legitimate business acti-
vities. Individuals hired for the transportation of drugs
(so-called “couriers”) most often use their proceeds
from crime as means to resolve their difficult financi-
al situation. Personal problems are often the major in-
centive to commit crime. Perpetrators, especially from
among the Vietnamese community, have shown a con-
tinuing trend of transferring proceeds of crime outside
the territory of the Czech Republic, most often using
non-banking means.
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Funds generated as proceeds from crime get reinvested Substance Amount seized Value Note
in other criminal activities, such as purchase of compo-
nents and raw materials for the illicit production of ha- Cannabis 74209 g 5.936.720,-CZK 80,-CZK/gram of dry basis
llucinogenic and psychotropic substances or purchase
of these substances for resale. Cannabis plants 2148 plants 20.620.000,-CZK Converted to dry basis (1 plants - 120 g)
The following table shows rounded up figures for cont- Methamphetamine 71927 g 50.348.900,-CZK 700,-CZK/gram
rolled substances seized and an indicative figure of per-
petrators´ financial loss due to the Police of the Czech Drugs with PSE 65624 g 1.968.000,-CZK 30.000,-CZK/Kg
Republic interventions. Prices of commodities are
quoted with regard to the fact that the vast majority of Cocaine 116934 g 175.401.000,-CZK 1500,-CZK/gram
these perpetrators were higher in the distribution cha-
in and the prices of individual substances are therefore Hashish 7815 g 1.719.300,-CZK 220,-CZK/gram
lower than in the street distribution. These substances
Extasy 30 tablet 6.000,-CZK 200,-CZK/tablet
account for the perpetrators source of profit and seizu-
res mean a significant property loss. In most cases, per-
Pseudoephedrine 800 g 160.000,-CZK 200,-CZK/gram
petrators buy substances from funds gained as proce-
eds from other criminal activity. Therefore, seizures of Total 256.159.920,-CZK
narcotic and psychotropic substances can be rightfully
regarded as seizures of proceeds of crime.
Furthermore, our foreign partners seized, based on our The total assets seized together with the seized narco-
The value of narcotic and psychotropic substances information and intelligence (from cases under investi- tic and psychotropic amount to a total of CZK 342,668,
seized in 2015 amounts to almost 260 million CZK. gation) drugs worth CZK 23,200,000. 920 seized by the National Drug Headquarters.
Narcotic and psychotropic substances are a commodity
which has no further economic use and its handling is Comprehensive financial investigation is carried out When investigating criminal cases, we always duly con-
rather costly. Besides the fact that it concerns narcotic in respect of almost all criminal proceedings, with the sider a possibility of initiating criminal prosecution for
or psychotropic substances, which were thus withdra- exception of penniless perpetrators (mostly couriers the criminal offense of money laundering. At present,
wn from the illegal market, it also represents a relatively who are hired solely for the transportation of drugs, or we have a court decision pending in one criminal case
significant amount of money lost by perpetrators of this perpetrators intercepted at random checks at the Vac- investigated in 2014 and two cases investigated in 2015.
crime. lav Havel – Ruzyně airport in Prague). For the criminal We have yet another criminal file currently considered
proceedings tend to be rather lengthy, we cannot state by the Prosecutor´s Office for indictment. No criminal
the exact figures of proceeds seized in 2015. The final proceedings were completed yet.
figures will be there in 2-3 years only.
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 Cases of seizures exceeding CZK 5 million:

A Vietnamese organized group (a total of 18 perpetra-

tors charged, of whom 16 were prosecuted while re-
maining in custody) perpetrated high-volume illicit
production and subsequent distribution of methamp-
hetamine, especially in the northern part of the Czech
Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany. In
this case, investigators seized real estate property, ve-
hicles and cash amounting to about CZK 16,580,000.

An organized group of Czech nationals (in total 10 per-

petrators charged) also perpetrated high-volume illicit
production and subsequent distribution of methamp-
hetamine, this time in Western Bohemia. In this case,
investigators seized real estate property, vehicles and
cash amounting to about CZK 7.2 million. STATISTICAL DATA
An organized group of Czech nationals (in total 8 per-
petrators charged) trafficked cocaine, dissolved in wine
ON DRUG CRIME
bottles, from the South America. In this case, investiga-
tors seized real estate property, cash, and weapons. CZECH REPUBLIC 2015
A Vietnamese organized group (a total of 13 perpetra-
tors charged, all prosecuted while remaining in custo-
dy, 6 perpetrators charged in Poland) perpetrated high-
-volume illicit production and subsequent distribution
of methamphetamine, especially in the North-West Bo-
Source: The Police of the Czech Republic
hemia and Poland. In this case, investigators seized real The General Directorate of Customs of the MF CR
estate property, vehicles and cash amounting to a total
of approximately CZK 25,980,000.
Elaborated: PCR the National Drug Headquarters of the CPIS
The Department of Analyses and the National Focal Point

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 CZECH REPULIC (statistical data on drug crime) Total amount of seized drugs (with due regard for previous years)
region No. of cases offenders unknown nationality nationality 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
South Bohemia 165 212 1 Afghanistan 2 Mongolia 1 Cannabis (g) 103 337 108 352 122 124 392 527 171 800 277 988 440 780 563 335 735 362 569 564 655 055
South Moravia 192 237 0 Albania 1 Germany 9 Cannabis - plants (ks) 1 780 2 276 6 992 25 223 33 427 64 904 62 817 90 091 73 639 77 685 30 770

Karlovy Vary 95 114 0 Cannabis - growhouse 11 17 34 79 84 145 165 199 276 301 220
Algeria 2 Nigeria 21 Hashish (g) 4 625 46 387 697 12 499 9 354 2 431 20 532 1 321 14 852 7 558
Hradec Králové 151 165 2 Argentina 1 Netherlands 1 Methamphetamine (g) 5 310 5 249 5 978 3 799 3 596 21 301 18 476 31 900 69 137 50 238 107 363
Liberec 171 188 2 Armenia 1 Norway 1 Drug lab -
261 416 388 434 342 307 338 235 261 272 263
Moravia - Silesia 322 420 1 methamphetamine
Belarus 1 Peru 1 Cocaine (g) 10 169 4 708 37 588 7 631 12 904 14 162 16 071 8 050 35 788 5 406 120 386
Olomouc 189 204 5
Bulgaria 11 Ivory Coast 2 Heroin (g) 36 340 27 877 20 333 46 302 31 258 30 453 4 730 7 576 5 045 156 810 1 585
Pardubice 79 93 0
Burkina Faso 2 Poland 16
Plzeň 139 173 3
Czech Republic 3410 Portugal 1 1 000 000
Prague 412 465 10
Egypt 2 Austria 4 900 000
Central Bohemia 344 441 3
France 2 Romania 1 800 000
Ústí 413 498 5
Iran 1 Russia 6 700 000
Vysočina 136 145 0
Zlín 95 124 0
Italy 3 Slovakia 73 600 000

500 000
NDH 46 152 3 Israel 1 Slovenia 1
400 000
Customs Adm. 605 131 494 Cameroon 1 Serbia 1
300 000
TOTAL 3 554 3 762 529 Kazakhstan 1 Syria 3
200 000
cooperation with PCR/CA Colombia 1 Spain 1
100 000
No. of cases 50 Kosovo 2 Sweden 2
0
offenders 66 Latvia 1 Tunis 1 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
sex number
Hungary 1 Ukraine 16 Cannabis (g) Cannabis - plants Hashish (g) Methamphetamine (g) Cocaine (g) Heroin (g)
males 3194
Macedonia 3 USA 3
females 568
Mali 1 Great Britain 1 Drug lab - Cannabis growhouse
Maroco 1 Vietnam 143 450

Moldova 1 400
15%
350
minors
juveniles 1% 300
3%
85%
250
adults 3603 200
adults
juveniles 115 96% 150
minors 44 100
males females
50

0
adults juveniles minors
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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 Incidence of primary drug-related crime in absolute figures - Prosecuted primary drug offenses in respect
territorial distribution in the Czech Republic, 2015 of their legal qualification in the Czech Republic - 2015

§ 283
80%
§ 284
§ 285
13%
§ 286
§ 287
§ 288
3%
3%
1%

Primary drug offences prosecuted in the Czech Republic -

by individual commodities - 2015
heroin kokain
1% 3%

metamfetamin
50%

extáze
2%
cannabis
Subutex/Subuxone
40% ostatní anabolika 0%
3% 1%

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 The number of drug offences Share of individual perpetrators
in respect of individual merits of crime in 2003–2015 (in respect of selected nationalities)

300
6 000

5 000
250

4 000 200

3 000 150

2 000 100

1 000
50

0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 0
Spreading addiction (188a, 287) 367 239 158 110 59 37 23 24 31 25 93 48 12
Possession of production equipment (188, 286) 263 283 209 254 226 229 184 151 163 120 163 116 135
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Cultivation for the personal use (285) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 168 193 225 227 130
Possession for the personal use (187a, 284) 312 263 281 310 364 411 419 343 375 433 689 586 571 Vietnam Slovakia Nigeria Poland Germany
Production, distribution, export, import (187,283) 2 818 2 301 2 267 2 248 2 216 2 364 2 443 2 516 3 097 3 261 3 947 3 587 3 518

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 Amount of NPS seized in CR - 2015 as to single regions
substance NDH + oth. South Bohemia South Moravia Karlovy Vary Hradec Králové Liberec Moravia-Silesia Olomouc Pardubice substance Plzeň Prague Central Bohemia Ústí Vysočina Zlín Custom Adm. Minor offences TOTAL
Amphetamine (g) 17 887,9 Amphetamine (g) 63,5 27,0 1 506,0 2,2 19 486,6
Amphetamine (tbl.) Amphetamine (tbl.) 52 52
Anabolics (ampoule) 2 Anabolics (ampoule) 10 4 442 458
Anabolika (tbl.) 85 180 Anabolics (tbl.) 1 151 230,5 225 8 384 36 10 291,5
Braun (ml) Braun (ml) 10 10
Braun – drug lab Braun – drug lab 1 1
Cannabis (g) 74 209,9 12 206,9 74 212,10 8 494,95 10 531,2 2 496,10 34 524,6 41 936,4 26 865,05 Cannabis (g) 52 445,6 82 108,4 57 184,8 64 210,2 3 667,2 27 963,1 72 136,4 9 862,5 655 055,4
Cannabis - plants 2 148 1 037 2 624 1 600 239 4 086 892 2 117 1 548 Cannabis - plants 3 628 3 279 1 377 4 605 123 885 133 449 30 770
growhouse 10 13 10 12 4 6 46 9 10 growhouse 28 11 18 31 5 5 1 1 220
Hashish (g) 79 0,2 0 7 Hashish (g) 6,1 83,9 78,0 7 7245,9 51 7 558,0
Heroin (g) 299,4 3,8 2,9 Heroin (g) 1 074,0 3,4 148,8 29,7 22,6 1 584,6
Heroin – drug lab Heroin – drug lab 1 1
Opium Poppy (dried g) Opium Poppy (dried - g) 39 542,5 39 543
Cocaine (g) 116 132,0 8,8 Cocaine (g) 232,3 14,98 5,3 3 982,0 10,4 120 385,7
Cocaine – tea from leaves (pieces) Cocaine – tea from leaves (pieces) 300 300
LSD (trip) 1 LSD (trip) 11 48 920 16 996
Magic mushrooms (g) 69,0 3,0 14 45,8 Magic mushrooms (g) 92,7 31,1 15,6 271,5
Methamphetamine (g) 71 927,1 719,5 887,070 13 452,7 242,4 414,4 1 140,2 237,7 30,6 Methamphetamine (g) 473,1 10 423,3 761,7 3 250,7 513,6 324,1 2 116,5 448,3 107 362,9
drug lab 13 16 39 2 17 7 39 18 4 drug lab 3 25 25 34 9 12 263
Acatar (tbl.) 23 84 Acatar (tbl.) 1 138 1 245
Apselan (tbl.) 1 750 2 140 Apselan (tbl.) 4 754 8 644
Cirrus (tbl.) 164 061 10 171 7 824 8 785 15 000 272 057 5 243 Cirrus (tbl.) 830 78 424 2 806 3 220 48 562 616 983
Claritine Active (tbl.) 56 447 529 550 5 239 Claritine Active (tbl.) 340 7 161
Efedrin (g) Efedrin (g) 1,2 1,2
Efedrin (tbl.) Efedrin (tbl.) 2 341,0 2 341
Ibuprom (tbl.) 373 2 640 Ibuprom (tbl.) 453 3 466
Modafen (tbl.) 24 406 276 Modafen (tbl.) 119 825
Nurofen Stop grip (tbl.) 5 196 452 36 Nurofen Stop grip (tbl.) 240 228 720 24 6 896
Panadol (tbl.) 1 032 Panadol (tbl.) 1 032
Pseudoefedrin (g) 800 86,9 14,5 Pseudoephedrine (g) 99,7 221 1 222,2
Sudafed (tbl.) 372 624 480 348 302 Sudafed (tbl.) 5 439 7 565
drugs cont. pseudoephedrine (tbl.) 1 916 drugs cont. pseudoephedrine (tbl.) 1 392 3 308
Opium (g) 5,1 Opium (g) 786,6 0,30 792
XTC/MDMA (tbl.) 30 1 78 183 540 12 101 XTC/MDMA (tbl.) 25 926 19 4 110 991 91 3 110
XTC/MDMA (g) 2,1 XTC/MDMA (g) 108,9 8,2 272,5 0,5 392,2
25X-NBOMe (tripy) 25X-NBOMe (tripy) 5 5
3-MMC (g) 3-MMC (g) 1 347 347
4-Chloromethcathinone (g) 4-Chloromethcathinone (g) 311 311
5-MEO-AmT (tripy) 400 5-MEO-AmT (tripy) 400
Alpha-PVP (g) 1 016 Alpha-PVP (g) 1 015,9
Ethylon (g) 1 000,9 Ethylon (g) 1 000,9
UR-144 (g) 2 077 UR-144 (g) 2 077
Diazepam (tbl.) 7 Diazepam (tbl.) 72 79
Dimethyltryptamin (g) - (DMT) 5000 Dimethyltryptamin (g) - (DMT) 5 000
Hypnogen (tbl.) Hypnogen (tbl.) 1010 1 010
Kathinon (alfa PVP) (g) Kathinon (alfa PVP) (g) 1011 1 011
Ketamin (g) Ketamin (g) 0,9 0,9
Kodein (g) Kodein (g) 2 14,1 17
Lexaurin (benzodiazepin) (tbl.) Lexaurin (benzodiazepin) (tbl.) 57 57
Mabron (opiod) (tbl.) Mabron (opiod) (tbl.) 22 22
Mefedron (g) 120 16,7 Mefedron (g) 137
Neurol (tbl.) 30 Neurol (tbl.) 24 54
Oxazepam (tbl.) Oxazepam (tbl.) 20 20
Pentobarbital (g) Pentobarbital (g) 26,4 26,4
PMMA (tbl.) 450 PMMA (tbl.) 450
Rivotril (tbl.) Rivotril (tbl.) 115,5 1 071 2 63 1 251,5
Subutex (tbl.) Subutex (tbl.) 45,25 5 10,75 61
Subuxone (tbl.) Subuxone (tbl.) 9 9
Tramal/Tramadol (tbl.) 120 60 Tramal/Tramadol (tbl.) 180
Vendal Retard (tbl.) Vendal Retard (tbl.) 30 90 120
Zolpidem (tbl.) 310 99 Zolpidem (tbl.) 21 430

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 Survey of prosecuted crimes National Drug Headquarters
(according to particular sections of Criminal Code 40/2009 Coll.) Serious General Crime Division
Organized Crime Detection Unit
region 283 284 285 286 287 288 No. of unknown
unit offenders sex number nationality number
cases off.
South Bohemia 165 36 11 16 0 0 NDH 46 152 3 males 127 Bulgaria 2
South Moravia 195 33 6 14 0 2 OCDU 0 0 0 females 25 Czech Republic 81
Karlovy Vary 116 11 9 2 0 0 the others 0 0 0 Kazakhstan 1
TOTAL 46 152 3 Cooperation with PCR/CA Colombia 1
Hradec Králové 157 24 6 5 3 1
No. of cases 3 Latvia 1
Liberec 176 31 9 10 0 0 NPS seized offenders 3 Germany 1
Moravia - Silesia 378 37 1 15 0 10 ofences Customs TOTAL Ivory coast 1
Olomouc 179 38 5 3 0 1 Cannabis (g) 74 209,9 0 74 209,9 adults 152 Poland 3
Cannabis – plants 2 148 0 2 148 juveniles 0 Slovakia 2
Pardubice 91 22 5 2 0 0
Growhouse 10 0 10 minors 0 Vietnam 59
Plzeň 133 42 13 3 2 0
Hashish (g) 0 6 818 6 818
Prague 758 154 9 20 0 29 Cocaine (g) 116 132 3 095 119 227 §
Central Bohemia 347 72 25 27 2 2 Methamphetamin (g) 71 927,1 0 71 927,1 283 150
Ústí 443 39 22 10 2 2 Drug lab 13 0 13 284 2
Apselan (tbl.) 1 750 0 1 750 285 0
Vysočina 135 7 4 2 0 0
Cirrus (tbl.) 164 061 0 164 061 286 2
Zlín 95 23 5 4 2 3 Pseudoefedrin (g) 800 0 800 287 1
NDH + other units 150 2 0 2 1 0 XTC (tbl.) 30 0 30 288 0
TOTAL 3 518 571 130 135 12 50 4 416 5-Meo-AmT (tripy) 400 0 400
Alpha - PVP (g) 1 015,9 0 1 015,9
Ethylon (g) 1 000,9 0 1 000,9
UR - 144 (g) 2 077 0 2 077

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 SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number natinality district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number nationality
České Budějovice 60 59 1 males 192 Czech republic 195 Blansko 17 21 0 males 207 Afghanistan 2
Český Krumlov 14 19 0 females 24 France 1 Brno - město 58 70 0 females 35 Czech Republic 228
Jindřichův Hradec 20 22 0 Macedonia 1 Brno - venkov 18 21 0 Moldova 1
Písek 27 32 0 adults 207 Mongolia 1 Břeclav 22 29 0 adults 238 Germany 1
Prachatice 6 10 0 juveniles 5 Austria 2 Hodonín 36 54 0 juveniles 2 Nigeria 1
Strakonice 16 22 0 minors 4 Slovakia 9 Vyškov 21 22 0 minors 2 Poland 1
Tábor 19 39 0 Ukraine 2 Znojmo 20 20 0 Austria 1
Regional Directorate 3 9 0 Vietnam 5 Regional Directorate 0 0 0 Russia 1
TOTAL 165 212 1 cooperation with PCR/CA TOTAL 192 237 0 cooperation with PCR/CA Slovakia 5
No. of cases 1 No. of cases 0 Vietnam 1
Customs Adm. 3 4 0 offenders 2 Customs Adm. 5 5 0 offenders 0

seized § number
seized § number NPS
NPS ofences Customs TOTAL 283 195
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 165 Anabolics (tbl., phials) 85 180 265 284 33
Cannabis (g) 12 206,9 235,5 12 442,4 284 36 Cannabis (g) 74 212,1 5 004,7 79 216,8 285 6
Cannabis - plants 1 037 0 1 037 285 11 Cannabis - plants 2 624 0 2 624 286 14
growhouse 13 0 13 286 16 growhouse 10 0 10 287 0
Heroin (g) 299,4 0 299,4 287 0 Hashish (g) 79,4 0 79,4 288 2
Heroin 3,8 0 3,8
Magic mushrooms (g) 68,97 0 68,97 288 0
Methamphetamine (g) 887,07 0 887,1
Methamphetamine (g) 719,5 149 868,5 most frequent
most frequent
price/gram drug lab 39 0 39 price/gram
NPS occurence NPS occurence
drug lab 16 0 16 Cirrus (tbl.) 7 824 0 7 824
street sale street sale street sale street sale
Cirrus (tbl.) 10 171 0 10 171 Claritine Active (tbl.) 447 0 447 Cannabis 40 - 250 CZK 100 - 200 CZK
Cannabis 40 - 300 CZK 200 CZK
Claritine Active (tbl.) 56 0 56 Modafen (tbl.) 406 0 406 Hashish - -
Hashish - -
Modafen (tbl.) 24 0 24 Ecstasy - -
Nurofen (tbl.) 452 672 1 124 Ecstasy (tbl.) 150 - 200 CZK -
Heroin - - Panadol (tbl.) 1 032 0 1 032 Heroin - -
Nurofen (tbl.) 5 196 0 5 196
Cocaine - - Sudafed (tbl.) 372 0 372 Cocaine - -
Pseudoephedrine (g) 86,9 0 87
LSD - - 4- Chloromethcathinone (g) 0 311 311 LSD - -
XTC (tbl.) 1 0 1 Methamphetamine 800 - 3000 CZK 1 500 CZK Mefedron (g) 120 0 120 Methamphetamine 1000 - 2000 CZK 2 000 CZK
TRAMAL (ml) 96 0 96 Subutex 8 mg - - ZOLPIDEM (tbl.) 310 0 310 Subutex 8 mg - -

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 KARLOVY VARY REGION HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ REGION
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number adults 112 district No. of cases offenders unknown adults 164 sex number
Cheb 30 40 0 males 88 juveniles 3 Hradec Králové 28 31 0 juveniles 17 males 165
Karlovy Vary 30 31 0 females 27 minors 0 Jičín 25 29 2 minors 6 females 22
Sokolov 23 26 0 Náchod 45 49 0
Regional Directorate 12 17 0 Rychnov nad Kněžnou 11 11 0 nationality
TOTAL 95 114 0 cooperation with PCR/CA nationality Trutnov 42 45 0 Czech Republic 183
No. of cases 1 Belarus 1 Regional Directorate 0 0 0 Poland 1
Customs Adm. 20 1 19 offenders 1 Czech Republic 93 TOTAL 151 165 2 cooperation with PCR/CA Austria 1
Hungary 1 No. of cases 12 Syria 2
seized § Germany 3 Customs Adm. 13 22 0 offenders 14
NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 116 Vietnam 17
Amphetamine (g) 0 8,5 8,5 284 11 seized §
NPS
Cannabis (g) 8 494,95 948,8 9 443,75 285 9 ofences Customs TOTAL 283 157
Cannabis - plants 1 600 0 1 600 286 2 Anabolics(tbl., phials) 0 102 102 284 24
growhouse 12 0 12 287 0 Anabolics (ampoule) 0 60 60 285 6
Hashish (g) 0 43,84 43,84 288 0 Cannabis (g) 10 531,2 29,3 10 560,5 286 5
Cannabis - plants 239 0 239 287 3
Heroin (g) 2,9 0 2,9
growhouse 4 0 4 288 1
Cocaine (g) 0 3,96 3,96
Hashish (g) 0,19 0 0,19
LSD (trip) 0 10 10
Magic mushrooms (g) 3 0 3
Methamphetamine (g) 13 452,7 357,2 13 809,9
Methamphetamine (g) 242,37 8,5 250,87
drug lab 2 0 2
most frequent drug lab 17 0 17 most frequent
XTC (tbl.) 0 5 5 NPS price/gram NPS price/gram
occurence Acatar (tbl.) 23 12 35 occurence
street sale street sale Apselan (tbl.) 0 50 50 street sale street sale
Cannabis 100 - 200 CZK 200 CZK Cirrus (tbl.) 8 785 10 798 19 583 Cannabis 100 - 200 CZK 100 CZK
Hashish - - Claritine Active (tbl.) 0 180 180 Hashish - -
Ecstasy - - Ecstasy (tbl.) 120 - 150 CZK -
Ibuprom (tbl.) 373 405 778
Heroin - -
Heroin 1 300 CZK - Sudafed (tbl.) 624 1 619 2 243 Cocaine - -
Cocaine - - drugs cont. pseudoephedrine (tbl.) 1 916 0 1 916 LSD - -
LSD - - 4MMC (g) - Mefedron 16,7 0 16,7 Methamphetamine 900 - 2500 CZK 2 000 CZK
Methamphetamine 400 - 1000 CZK 1 000 CZK Tramal/Tramadol (tbl.) 120 0 120 Subutex 8 mg - -
Subutex 8 mg - - XTC (tbl.) 77,5 0 77,5 Tramal/tramadol (tbl.) 10 CZK -

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 LIBEREC REGION MORAVIAN - SILESIAN REGION
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number adults 212 district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number nationality
Česká Lípa 94 98 1 males 185 juveniles 3 Bruntál 40 41 0 males 358 Bulgaria 2
Jablonec nad Nisou 14 18 0 females 34 minors 4 Frýdek Místek 59 66 0 females 62 Czech Republic 405
Liberec 44 50 1 Karviná 37 69 0 Italy 2
Semily 12 12 0 nationality Nový Jičín 40 46 0 adults 395 Poland 3
Regional Directorate 6 9 0 Czech Republic 209 Opava 49 66 0 juveniles 15 Slovakia 4
TOTAL 170 187 2 cooperation with PCR/CA Iran 1 Ostrava 89 113 1 minors 10 Ukraine 1
No. of cases 7 Netherlands 1 Regional Directorate 8 13 0 Vietnam 3
Customs Adm. 28 32 2 offenders 8 Norway 1 TOTAL 322 414 1 cooperation with PCR/CA
Poland 1 No. of cases 2
seized § number Slovakia 2 Customs Adm. 6 6 0 offenders 9
NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 176 Sweden 1
Amphetamine (g) 17 887,9 0 17 887,9 284 30 Ukraine 1 seized § number
NPS
Cannabis (g) 2 496,1 31,8 2 527,8 285 9 Vietnam 2 ofnces Customs TOTAL 283 378
Cannabis - plants 4 086 0 4 086 286 10 Anabolics (tbl., phials) 180 0 180 284 37
growhouse 6 0 6 287 0 Cannabis (g) 34 524,6 1 940,30 36 464,90 285 1
Cocaine (g) 8,8 0 8,8 288 0 Cannabis - plants 892 0 892 286 15
Magic mushrooms (g) 14,4 0 14,4 growhouse 46 0 46 287 0
Methamphetamine (g) 412,3 642,4 1 054,7 Hashish (g) 0 0 0 288 1
drug lab 7 0 7 Magic mushrooms (g) 45,8 0,00 45,80
Acatar (tbl.) 0 984 984 most frequent
NPS price/gram Opium (g) 5 0 5
occurence most frequent
Apselan (tbl.) 0 4 336 4 336 Methamphetamine (g) 1 140,2 167,50 1 307,70 price/gram
street sale street sale NPS occurence
Cirrus (tbl.) 15 000 28 220 43 220 drug lab 39 0 39
Cannabis 100 - 300 CZK 200 CZK street sale street sale
Pseudoefedrin (g) 14,5 0 14,5 Claritine Active (tbl.) 529 0 529
Hashish - - Cannabis 50 - 500 CZK 200 CZK
Sudafed (tbl.) 0 120 120 Sudafed (tbl.) 480 0 480
Ecstasy (tbl.) 200 - 300 CZK 200 CZK Ecstasy (tbl.) 200 CZK -
Diazepam (tbl.) 7 0 7 Dimethyltryptamin (g) 5 000 0 5 000
Heroin - - Hashish (g) - -
XTC (g) 2,1 0,9 3 Cocaine - - PMMA (tbl.) 450 0 450 Heroin 2 000 CZK -
XTC (tbl.) 183,25 40 223,25 LSD - - Cocaine - -
XTC (tbl.) 540 0 540
Methamphetamine 700 - 2000 CZK 1 000 CZK LSD - -
Subutex 8 mg - - Methamphetamine 500 - 2500 CZK 1 000 CZK

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 OLOMOUC REGION PARDUBICE REGION
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
district No. of cases offenders unknown nationality sex number district No. of cases offenders unknown adults 112 sex
Jeseník 37 46 0 Czech Republic 210 males 183 Chrudim 6 8 0 juveniles 5 males 102
Olomouc 43 43 3 Slovakia 3 females 31 Pardubice 21 23 0 minors 0 females 15
Prostějov 20 26 0 Vietnam 1 Svitavy 20 22 0
Přerov 45 46 0 adults 204 Ústí nad Orlicí 31 34 0 nationality
Šumperk 44 43 2 juveniles 8 Regional Directorte 1 6 0 Argentina 1
Regional Directorate 0 0 0 minors 2 TOTAL 79 93 0 cooperation with PCR/CA Czech Republic 114
No. of cases 12 Poland 1
TOTAL 189 204 5 cooperation with PCR/CA
No. of cases 4 Customs Adm. 21 24 0 offenders 13 Slovakia 1
Customs Adm. 11 10 1 offenders 4
seized § number
NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 91
seized § number Cannabis (g) 26 865,05 627,3 27 492,3 284 21
NPS Cannabis - plants 1 548 0 1 548 285 5
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 179
Cannabis (g) 41 936,4 1 881,7 43 818,1 284 38 growhouse 10 0 10 286 2
Cannabis - plants 2 117 0 2 117 285 5 Hashish (g) 6,5 0 6,5 287 0
growhouse 9 0 9 286 3 Methamphetamine (g) 30,6 0 30,6 288 0
LSD (trip) 1 0 1 287 0 Drug lab 4 0 4
Methamphetamine (g) 237,7 57,6 295,3 288 1 Acatar (tbl.) 84 142 226
Apselan (tbl.) 2 140 108 2 248
drug lab 18 0 18
Cirrus (tbl.) 5 243 3 276 8 519
Apselan (tbl.) 0 260 260 most frequent
price/gram Claritine Active (tbl.) 5 239 160 5 399 most frequent
Cirrus (tbl.) 272 057 1256 273 313 NPS occurence price/gram
Ibuprom (tbl.) 2 640 48 2 688 NPS occurence
Claritine Active (tbl.) 550 0 550 street sale street sale street sale street sale
Modafen (tbl.) 276 119 395
Sudafed (tbl.) 348 420 768 Cannabis 120 - 200 CZK 200 CZK Cannabis 80 - 200 CZK 200 CZK
Nurofen (tbl.) 36 48 84
Neurol (tbl.) 30 0 30 Hashish - - Hashish - -
Ecstasy - - Sudafed (tbl.) 302 2 423 2 725
Tramal/Tramadol (tbl.) 60 0 60 Ecstasy - -
Heroin - - drugs cont. pseudoephedrine (tbl.) 0 1 392 1 392
XTC (tbl.) 12 3 15 Heroin - -
Cocaine - - XTC (tbl.) 101 0 101 Cocaine - -
Zolpidem (tbl.) 99 0 99
LSD - - LSD - -
Methamphetamine 1000 - 2000 CZK 1 000 CZK Methamphetamine 1000 - 2500 CZK 1 000 CZK
Subutex 8 mg - - Subutex 8 mg - -

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 PLZEŇ REGION CAPITAL OF PRAGUE
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
No. of unknown district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number nationality
district offenders sex number nationality
cases off. Praha I 161 187 9 males 405 Albania 1
Domažlice 21 31 1 males 150 Bulgaria 1 Praha II 71 78 1 females 69 Algeria 2
Klatovy 10 11 0 females 31 Czech Republic 163 Praha III 89 93 0 Bulgaria 4
Plzeň - město 42 46 1 Germany 3 Praha IV 82 96 0 Burkina Faso 2
Plzeň - venkov - jih 15 15 0 adults 177 Poland 2 Regional Directorate 9 11 0 Czech Republic 378
Plzeň - venkov - sever 21 26 0 juveniles 4 Russia 1 TOTAL 412 465 10 cooperation with PCR/CA Egypt 2
Rokycany 11 13 0 minors 0 Slovakia 7 No. of cases 1 France 1
Tachov 18 27 1 Ukraine 1 Customs Adm. 480 9 472 offenders 1 Italy 1
Regional Directorate 1 4 0 USA 1 Israel 1
adults 464 § number Cameroon 1
TOTAL 139 173 3 cooperation with PCR/CA Vietnam 2
juveniles 8 283 758 Kosovo 2
No. of cases 2
minors 2 284 154 Macedonia 2
Customs Adm. 10 8 2 offenders 2 285 9 Mali 1
286 20 Marocco 1
seized § number 287 0 Nigeria 20
NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL 283 133 288 29 Peru 1
Cannabis (g) 52 445,6 93,6 52 539,2 284 42 Ivory Coast 1
Cannabis - plants 3 628 0 3 628 285 13 Portugal 1
most frequent
growhouse 28 0 28 286 3 NPS price/gram Romania 1
occurence
Hashish (g) 6,13 6,1 12,23 287 2 street sale street sale Russia 4
Methamphetamine (g) 473,1 478,9 952 288 0 Cannabis 100 - 500 CZK 200 CZK Slovakia 19
most frequent Slovenia 1
Drug lab 3 0 3 NPS price/gram
Hashish - -
occurence
Pseudoephedrine (g) 99,7 0 99,7 street sale street sale Serbia 1
Ecstasy (tbl.) 120 - 250 CZK 200 CZK
XTC (tbl.) 25 0 25 Cannabis 80 - 250 CZK 200 CZK Spain 1
Hashish - - Heroin 700 - 1000 CZK 1 000 CZK
Vendal Retard (tbl.) 30 0 30 Sweden 1
Ecstasy (tbl.) 200 CZK - Cocaine 1500 - 2500 CZK 2 000 CZK
Fentanyl (patch) - -
Tunis 1
LSD - -
Heroin - - Ukraine 6
Cocaine - - Methamphetamine 800 - 1000 CZK 1 000 CZK USA 1
LSD - - Rivotril (tbl.) 10 CZK 10 CZK Great Britain 1
Methamphetamine 750 – 1200 CZK 1 000 CZK
Subutex (?mg) (tbl.) 280 - 600 CZK 600 CZK Vietnam 15
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 NPS
ofences
seized
Customs TOTAL
CENTRAL BOHEMIAN REGION
Amphetamine (g)
Amphetamine (tbl.)
63,5
0
1 479,5
52
1 543,0
52
(statistical data on drug crime)
Anabolics (ampoule) 0 382 382 district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number adults 434
Anabolics (tbl.) 1 151 8 102 9 253 Benešov 20 24 3 males 372 juveniles 10
Braun – drug lab 1 0 1
Beroun 43 48 0 females 76 minors 4
Cannabis (g) 82 108,4 42 251,3 124 359,7
Kladno 37 48 0
Cannabis - plants 3 279 98 3 377
growhouse 11 0 11 Kolín 24 30 0 nationality § number
Hashish (g) 83,9 377,8 461,7 Kutná Hora 6 6 0 Bulgaria 2 283 347
Heroin (g) 1 074,0 29,7 1 103,7 Mělník 31 39 0 Czech Republic 425 284 72
Heroin – drug lab 1 0 1 Mladá Boleslav 35 37 0 Germany 1 285 25
Poppy head (g) 39 542,5 0,0 39 542,5 Nymburk 25 28 0 Poland 3 286 27
Cocaine (g) 232,28 883 1 115,28
Praha venkov - jih 23 36 0 Slovakia 12 287 2
Cocaine – tea from the leaves 0 300 300
Praha venkov - východ 38 43 0 Ukraine 4 288 2
LSD (trip) 11 910 921
Magic mushrooms (g) 92,7 0,0 92,7 Praha venkov - západ 24 45 0 Vietnam 1
Methamphetamine (g) 10 423,3 183,7 10 607 Příbram 20 30 0
Drug lab 25 0 25 Rakovník 13 13 0
Cirrus (tbl.) 830 0 830 Regional Directorate 5 14 0
Efedrin (g) 0 1 1 TOTAL 344 441 3 cooperation with PCR/CA
Efedrin (tbl.) 2 341 0 2 341 No. of cases 2
Nurofen (tbl.) 240 0 240 Customs Adm. 6 7 0 offenders 5
Pseudoefedrin (g) 221,1 0 221,1
2C-B (g) 14 0 14 seized
25X-NBOMe (tripy) 5 0 5 NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL
3-MMC (g) 1 0 1 Anabolics (ampoule) 10 0 10
DHC (tbl.) 40 0 40 Anabolics(tbl., phials) 230,5 0 230,5
most frequent
Diazepam (tbl.) 72 0 72 Braun (ml) 10 0 10 price/gram
Hypnogen (tbl.) 1 010 0 1 010 NPS occurence
Cannabis (g) 57 184,8 9 512,0 66 696,8
Kathinon (alfa PVP) (g) 0 1 011 1 011 Cannabis - plants 1 377 26 1 403 street sale street sale
Kodein (g) 0 14,1 14,1 growhouse 18 0 18 Cannabis 50 - 600 CZK 200 CZK
Lexaurin (tbl.) - (benzodiazepin) 57 0 57 Hashish (g) 78 0 78 Hashish - -
Mabron (tbl.) - (opioid) 22 0 22 Heroin (g) 3,4 0 3,4 Ecstasy (tbl.) 200 CZK -
Neurol (tbl.) 84 0 8 Ketamin (g) 0,9 0 0,9
Opium (g) 786,6 0 786,6
Heroin 1 000 CZK -
Kodein (g) 2,5 0 2,5
Oxazepam (tbl.) 20 0 20 Methamphetamine (g) 761,7 1 762,7 Cocaine - -
Pentobarbital (g) 0 26,4 26,4 drug lab 25 0 25 LSD (trip) 200 CZK -
Rivotril (tbl.) 115,5 0 115,5 Cirrus (tbl.) 78 424 5 012 83 436 Methamphetamine 500 - 3000 CZK 1 000 CZK
Subutex (tbl.) 45,25 0 45,25 Nurofen (tbl.) 228 0 228 Subutex 8 mg - -
Subuxone (tbl.) 9 0 9 Salvia divinorum (g) 15 0 15
XTC (g) 108,9 271,6 380,5 Rivotril (tbl.) 1 071 0 1 071
XTC (tbl.) 925,5 943 1 868,5 XTC (g) 8 0 8
Zolpidem (tbl.) 21 0,0 21 XTC (tbl.) 19 0 19

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 ÚSTÍ REGION VYSOČINA REGION
(statistical data on drug crime) (statistical data on drug crime)
No. of unknown district No. of cases offenders unknown sex number adults 125
district offenders sex number nationality
cases off. Havlíčkův Brod 30 31 0 males 116 juveniles 15
Děčín 83 90 0 males 440 Armenia 1
Jihlava 15 18 0 females 31 minors 7
Chomutov 48 64 0 females 65 Czech republic 461
Pelhřimov 37 40 0
Litoměřice 28 36 3 Slovakia 5
Třebíč 15 15 0 nationality
Louny 26 39 0 adults 493 Syria 1
Žďár nad Sázavou 41 41 0 Czech rep. 144
Most 86 89 0 juveniles 10 Vietnam 37
TOTAL 138 145 0 cooperation with PCR/CA Slovakia 1
Teplice 88 98 0 minors 2
No. of cases 0 Ukraine 1
Ústí nad Labem 54 82 2
Customs Adm. 2 2 0 offenders 0 USA 1
Regional Directorate 0 0 0
TOTAL 413 498 5 cooperation with PCR/CA § number seized § number
NPS
No. of cases 3 283 443 ofences Customs TOTAL 283 135
Customs Adm. 6 7 0 offenders 4 284 39 Amphetamine (g) 27 0 27 284 7
285 22 Cannabis (g) 3 667,2 0 3 667,2 285 4
seized 286 10 Cannabis - plants 123 9 132 286 2
NPS growhouse 5 1 6 287 0
ofences Customs TOTAL 287 2
Anabolics (tbl., phials) 225 0 225 288 2 Hashish (g) 6,5 0 6,5 288 0
Anabolics (ampoule) 4 0 4 Cocaine(g) 5,3 0 5,3
most frequent
Cannabis (g) 64 210,2 9 563,6 73 773,8 LSD (trip) 48 0 48 NPS price/gram
occurence
most frequent Magic mushrooms (g) 31,1 0 31,1
Cannabis - plants 4 605 0 4 605 NPS price/gram street sale street sale
occurence
growhouse 31 0 31 Methamphetamine (g) 514 0 514 Amphetamine - -
street sale street sale
Heroin (g) 148,8 0 148,8 Drug lab 9 0 9 Cannabis 100 - 200 CZK -
Cannabis 60 - 200 CZK 200 CZK Hashish - -
Cocaine (g) 14,98 0 14,98 Sudafed (tbl.) 0 857 857
Hashish - - Ecstasy - -
Methamphetamine (g) 3 250,7 70,66 3 321,4 Ecstasy - - XTC (tbl.) 110 0 110
Heroin 1 000 CZK -
drug lab 34 0 34 Heroin 800 - 1000 CZK - Cocaine - -
Cirrus (tbl.) 2 806 0 2 806 Cocaine - - LSD - -
Subutex (tbl.) 5 0 5 LSD - - Methamphetamine 1000 – 2000 CZK 1 500 CZK
Rivotril (tbl.) 2 0 2 Methamphetamine 700 - 2000 CZK 1 000 CZK Subutex 8 mg - -
3-MMC (g) 346,5 0 346,5 Subutex 8 mg 350 CZK -
Vendal Retard (tbl.) 90 0 90
XTC (tbl.) 4 0 4

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 ZLÍN REGION
(statistical data on drug crime)
district No. of cases offenders unknown adults 113 nationality
Kroměříž 15 17 0 juveniles 10 Czech republic 120
Uherské Hradiště 16 27 0 minors 1 Poland 1
Vsetín 16 24 0 sex number Slovakia 3
Zlín 42 43 0 males 103 § number
Regional Directorate 2 9 0 females 21 283 95
TOTAL 91 120 0 cooperation with PCR/CA 284 23
No. of cases 0 285 5
Customs Adm. 4 4 0 offenders 0 286 4
287 2
seized 288 3
NPS
ofences Customs TOTAL most frequent
Amphetamine (g) 0 18 18 NPS price/gram
occurence
Cannabis (g) 27 963,1 16,5 27 979,6 street sale street sale
Cannabis - plants 885 0 885 Cannabis 100 CZK -
growhouse 5 0 5 Hashish - -
Ecstasy - -
Methamphetamine (g) 324,1 0 324,1
Heroin - -
Drug lab 12 0 12 Cocaine - -
Cirrus (tbl.) 3 220 0 3 220 LSD - -
Methamphetamine 700 - 1500 CZK -
Subutex 8 mg - -

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